What do bios batteries look like?

[billhorne at mediaone.net (Bill Horne)]

"Derek D. Martin" wrote:

> 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.
>

If it says "Alkaline" on it, it's probably a replacement pack put in by a service
tech.

Is it glued to the side of the power supply cage? It's a replacement.

If it's plugged into the MB with a short length of wire, it's a replacement pack
and has gone dead. Unplug it, find out who made it, etc.

HTH.

Bill

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