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Re: [SLE] Need help diagnosing hardware problem
- From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:04:06 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <45356160.6010100@xxxxxx>
On 06/10/17 18:46 (GMT-0400) BandiPat apparently typed:
> I might tend to agree with you except I've worked on a computer that had
> a lot of the symptoms Greg has experienced and it was the CMOS battery
> causing it! The batteries are cheap, buy one and replace it to check.
Was it a Dell? The Dells I've worked on don't need CMOS batteries, as long
as they're kept plugged in, same as other puters with 2032 batteries. I've
never yet found a 4 year old 2032 on a motherboard that didn't read at least
3v either, and I buy my 2032s in boxes of 10 or 12. Last batch of 8 or 10 I
replaced were up to 10 years old (assuming installed when mobo manufactured
up to 10 years ago). Half were 3v or more, and none were less than about
2.8v, plenty more than CMOS actually needs.
--
"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him,
and I am helped." Psalm 28:7 NIV
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/
> I might tend to agree with you except I've worked on a computer that had
> a lot of the symptoms Greg has experienced and it was the CMOS battery
> causing it! The batteries are cheap, buy one and replace it to check.
Was it a Dell? The Dells I've worked on don't need CMOS batteries, as long
as they're kept plugged in, same as other puters with 2032 batteries. I've
never yet found a 4 year old 2032 on a motherboard that didn't read at least
3v either, and I buy my 2032s in boxes of 10 or 12. Last batch of 8 or 10 I
replaced were up to 10 years old (assuming installed when mobo manufactured
up to 10 years ago). Half were 3v or more, and none were less than about
2.8v, plenty more than CMOS actually needs.
--
"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him,
and I am helped." Psalm 28:7 NIV
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/
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