Hardware issue I guess!!

[street1 (RIP)]

Must replace CMOS battery........

[Aegis]

Rather odd, though, that the battery on a system that's only a few years old needs to be replaced...not unheard of, though...

[patio]

I've had them arrive DOA on a brand new MBoard...
And i've had them last over 7 years...

[Aegis]

At least now, they're pretty standard.  I remember the old days, when you didn't know what you were gonna get -- mostly non-standard batteries, and I saw some that were soldered in place!   

[squall_01]

I have a board that doesnt even have cmos its that old.

[Broni]

Like this?

[Aegis]

 

Nice!

(I thought the computers always had some form of CMOS.)

[squall_01]

I have a 486 an I looked at the board an didnt see any form of it.  That brings back memories if I had any of useing that.

[Broni]

I thought the computers always had some form of CMOS

Not all rules apply in Squalland

[squall_01]

Am I wrong??

[Aegis]

I forgot where I was!    

I broke off a CMOS battery once, because of poor design.  It was in the way of installing a card in a PCI or ISA slot.  It looked like a capacitor more than a battery.  I never did try to solder it, because I was too afraid of "frying" everything.

[Aegis]

No, I certainly don't have the expertise to say you're wrong.  My experience is that every PC I've had -- I never had a Commodore, a Texas Instruments or any like that -- had some form of CMOS circuit to "hold" the date and time and settings.

My first computer experience was my dad's Radio Shack TRS-80 Model II, and we never did mess around inside of that!!

[squall_01]

yeah, I have a c64 an such.  But mine was a dell dimension 4100.  You find that older pc's dont have the newer stuff where used to seeing.

[Broni]

I'm not aware of any computer without CMOS. It simply wouldn't work without it.

[patio]

But it was a 486......

Back on Topic has anyone mailed Ivy a new CMOS battery yet ? ?