How to Remove A CMOS Battery

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Tip 1 - How to replace the CMOS battery.

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by RIPPER | permalink

Information about why time may be lost or decreasing rapidly and how to replace your computer cmos battery.

For further reading: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000239.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - Replacing the battery of your motherboard (CMOS battery)

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dympna O Callaghan | permalink

A computer may sometimes show error messages related to time and date options or other errors like 'no operating system or new CPU is installed'. All these are indications that it is time to change the battery of the motherboard i.e. the...

For further reading: http://ccm.net/faq/625-replacing-the-battery-of-your-motherboard-cmos-battery ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Replace the Battery in Your PC

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mr Replay | permalink

The most important thing to remember when replacing a CMOS battery is static electricity kills computers. There is electrical potential in nearly everything, including your body. The amount of discharge it takes to kill sensitive...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Replace-the-Battery-in-Your-PC ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Reset Your BIOS

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dante Monteverde | permalink

Have you recently made a change to your computer's hardware and need to reset your BIOS? Are you locked out of a computer that you purchased secondhand because of an unknown BIOS password? If so, you'll need to reset your BIOS to factory...
Tags: WikiHow, Reset Your BIOS, wiki, how to articles, how to instructions, DIY, tips, howto, learn, how do I

For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS ^[4]

Tip 5 - How often should I replace my CMOS battery, and what does it do, anyway? - Ask Leo!

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by M Shields | permalink

Replacing a computer's CMOS battery isn't difficult, but since CMOS batteries last so long it's often not even necessary.

For further reading: https://askleo.com/how_often_should_i_replace_my_cmos_battery_and_what_does_it_do_anyway/ ^[5]

Tip 6 - Replacing the Motherboard Battery

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dessie Dantzler | permalink

Learn how to replace the motherboard battery from both old and new motherboard models.
Tags: pc+hardware+maintenance,bios,motherboard,mother-board,mainboard,main-board,battery,nvram,nicd,lithium,nickel,nickel-cadmium

For further reading: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/replacing-the-motherboard-battery/ ^[6]