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Motherboards Dead CMOS battery?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Uncle Psychosis, 23 Feb 2014.

  1. Uncle Psychosis

    Uncle Psychosis Classically Trained

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    Turned on my computer for the first time in a few days today and discovered all the BIOS settings had gone and my system clock had lost about a week.

    Dead CMOS battery?
     
    Uncle Psychosis, 23 Feb 2014
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  2. LennyRhys

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    Either that or it's not seated properly.
     
    LennyRhys, 23 Feb 2014
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  3. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    For what those something-something-2032 batteries cost i;d probably just replace the battery anyway...
     
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  4. SMIFFYDUDE

    SMIFFYDUDE Supermodders on my D

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    I didn't think they ever died, the one in my 16 year old PC is still going strong same thing in the 9 year old one I recently retired.
     
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