My clock is lossing time, must be the battery I suppose, but not sure.

Can I swap that battery without losing my bios or anything, or do I have to
supply voltage to it from somewhere ?


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There is a capacitor that will hold a charge for a while,
buy a new battery of the correct type and your settings will
be retained during the time it takes to change.
Be sure to unplug the power and ground yourself to the case.
If you have not done this before [assume you haven't since
you asked the question] look the mobo over to see how the
battery is held in the clip, which side is up and how you
will do the job.
A non-conductive tool, perhaps a retractable ballpoint pen
with the pen retracted, can be used to release the clip.
Have the new battery out of the package ready to install.


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If if the "clock" loses time while the computer is OFF, then the CMOS
battery is to blame. If the issue occurs while the PC is running you
have either a software cause or a duf clock crystal(small constant time
change per day)

Joe H wrote:

> My clock is lossing time, must be the battery I suppose, but not sure.
>
> Can I swap that battery without losing my bios or anything, or do I have to
> supply voltage to it from somewhere ?
>
>
>

You don not NEED to maintain voltage. Often, when you unplug the BIOS
battery, you will reset your BIOS. (You don't actually lose the BIOS, it
just reverts back to its default settings.) I have heard from guys who work
on them all day, that if you swap it out fast enough, there is still some
charge in the capacitors and you don't lose anything. Not sure. I always
expect to lose everything. Go through each page and document every setting.
Better yet, use a digital camera and take a pic of each screen.

Your Real Time Clock might be going bad too. . .

Interesting Geek article:
http://www.beaglesoft.com/mainfaqclock.htm

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> My clock is lossing time, must be the battery I suppose, but not sure.
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> Can I swap that battery without losing my bios or anything, or do I have
to
> supply voltage to it from somewhere ?
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:57:26 -0600, "Joe H" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> My clock is lossing time, must be the battery I suppose, but not sure.
>
>Can I swap that battery without losing my bios or anything, or do I have to
>supply voltage to it from somewhere ?

Depends on the age of the mainboard.


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

I probably built it about 7 or 8 years ago, in fact as soon as my video card
comes (I think Thursday), I will try to fire up my new asus amd 64 bit 3500 +,
crossing my fingers. But I like to have a backup computer just in case.
This one is a Abit with a AMD 1900+, I' m going the new SATA drives on my new
computer for kicks. I'm disabled and it's a day at a time here.



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"Trent©" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:57:26 -0600, "Joe H" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> My clock is lossing time, must be the battery I suppose, but not sure.
>>
>>Can I swap that battery without losing my bios or anything, or do I have to
>>supply voltage to it from somewhere ?
>
> Depends on the age of the mainboard.
>
>
> Have a nice one...
>
> Trent
>
> Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!
>

Replace your computers battery, within 15 seconds of removing the old one or
you will have to re-adjust the bios settings because the info held in RAM
disappears and DEFAULT factory settings are loaded the next time you boot.
My advise would be that you take down the information from your bois
settings page, booting option ect.( this information can help you reset your
settings for this time and also for later, if its ever needed) also make
sure to replace the old battery with the original type. A word of caution
before replacing any component inside your computer,please ground your self,
by touching the chassis to drain the static electricity from your hands. A
small charge of static electricity can fry your mother board or any other
sensitive components. To get to your BIOS ,simply start your PC, while
holding the "delete key" or the "F2 key", some PC's use the delete key and
some use the F2 key. Then write down all the information, from all the TABs
and keep it safe.

Best of Luck
Season's Greeting to all

Apu
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> Can I swap that battery without losing my bios or anything, or do I have
> to supply voltage to it from somewhere ?
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