When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?

Jack

Before it craps out.

Jack B wrote:
> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?
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> Jack

When the clock is wrong after booting up from a power off condition.
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> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?

Either before or after it fails to provide sufficient voltage.

On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:50:48 -0400, "Jack B"
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> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?



When it fails. You will know when that begins because the clock will
start to lose time whenever the machine is powered off.

When does that happen? It depends entirely on the specific battery.
Sometime as soon as a couple of months after purchase. Sometimes as
much as five years later.

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No, it only *needs* to be replaced *after* it craps out.

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> Before it craps out.
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> Jack B wrote:
>> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?
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>> Jack


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Lem

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Thanks.

My pc is 8½ yrs old so I probably ought to replace the battery. Is there
anything in particular I should be aware of in doing that?


Jack




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On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:50:48 -0400, "Jack B"
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> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?



When it fails. You will know when that begins because the clock will
start to lose time whenever the machine is powered off.

When does that happen? It depends entirely on the specific battery.
Sometime as soon as a couple of months after purchase. Sometimes as
much as five years later.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Jack B wrote:
> Thanks.
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> My pc is 8½ yrs old so I probably ought to replace the battery. Is there
> anything in particular I should be aware of in doing that?
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> Jack
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> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:50:48 -0400, "Jack B"
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>> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?
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> When it fails. You will know when that begins because the clock will
> start to lose time whenever the machine is powered off.
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> When does that happen? It depends entirely on the specific battery.
> Sometime as soon as a couple of months after purchase. Sometimes as
> much as five years later.
>

Unplug the computer from the wall (you might also wait a few minutes
after you unplug it) and discharge any static electricity from your body
before working on the computer (and/or wear an antistatic wrist strap).
Don't poke your fingers (or any metallic tool) in random parts of the
computer.

This is a FAQ: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=replace+cmos+battery



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Lem

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html

Simple common sense. Turn power off but leave line cord plugged in.
(Provides static discharge path)
Touch frame of computer before anything else (discharge static)
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> Thanks.
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> My pc is 8½ yrs old so I probably ought to replace the battery. Is there
> anything in particular I should be aware of in doing that?
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> Jack
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> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:50:48 -0400, "Jack B"
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>> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?
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> When it fails. You will know when that begins because the clock will
> start to lose time whenever the machine is powered off.
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> When does that happen? It depends entirely on the specific battery.
> Sometime as soon as a couple of months after purchase. Sometimes as
> much as five years later.
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> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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as they say:

"If it aint broke
then don't fix it"

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"Jack B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks.
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> My pc is 8½ yrs old so I probably ought to replace the battery. Is there
> anything in particular I should be aware of in doing that?
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> Jack
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> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:50:48 -0400, "Jack B"
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>> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced?
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> When it fails. You will know when that begins because the clock will
> start to lose time whenever the machine is powered off.
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> When does that happen? It depends entirely on the specific battery.
> Sometime as soon as a couple of months after purchase. Sometimes as
> much as five years later.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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