What do bios batteries look like?

[ddm at pizzashack.org (Derek D. Martin)]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 10:27:17PM -0400, Duane Morin wrote:
> I have an old AST/Premmia GX P/90 that a guy donated to me to use as a simple 
> server at home.  But sometimes when I turn it on I get a message about not 
> being able to detect hard drive format.  Several folks have suggested that it 
> could be a dead bios battery.  Ok, so I'll try replacing that.

It can look like a watch battery, but a big one (large diameter).
Also some boards have capacitors instead of CMOS batteries.  If you
have a capacitor and leave the system off too long, your CMOS info
will be lost.

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