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Replacing the battery of your motherboard (CMOS battery)

Published by netty5, last update on Wednesday October 8, 2008 11:58:59 AM by netty5

Replacing the battery of your motherboard (CMOS battery)


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Symptoms


If your computer is showing the following symptoms:

Error with date and time options.

You are prompted with the following error messages:

bios cmos checksum error defaults loaded
bios cmos battery low cmos wrong memory size
no operating system
CPU overclocking failed
New CPU has been installed and more..

These problems may be due to the fact that your CSMOS battery is depleted and it’s about time to replace it.

Replacement sequence


It is recommended that you change the CSMOS battery every 5 years.

Saving the BIOS data


Open all the BIOS screen and note all the information on a piece of paper. It’s important that you don’t make any modifications. Once completed this document will be useful to check out if all the parameters are correctly inserted after replacing the battery.

Identify the CMOS battery


The CMOS battery is some kind of round shape button, thin in diameter, sometimes it can be hidden by extension cards or connectors or on old PC it has a cylindrical shape.
The battery model most widely used is the CR2032:
Where
CR- lithium battery
20 – 20mm diameter
32- Thickness 32* 0.1 mm

This type or battery is easily found and has an average price of 4-5 €

How to locate it:

Turn off your PC

Remove the power cable attached to your System unit and remove the hatch.

Discharge your System Unit from static electricity by touching it with a metallic object.


Removing the discharged battery


First of all be sure that your System unit is laid down horizontally.

The +ve pole of the battery should be visible.

Remove the battery, but avoid any forcing and any contact with other parts of your motherboard (refer to the manual provide with your motherboard).

Go to your local retailer any buy a battery of the same model or something equivalent.

Installing the new battery


Be sure that the battery is place correctly (firmly) in the slot allocated (positive side visible, depending on the model of your motherboard).

Verify the BIOS data and resetting the clock


Once the operation complete, it’s important to configure the BIOS settings.

Start your PC.

Enter the BIOS.

Modify the Date.

Verify if the parameters are the same as the one noted in step 1(perform any modifications needed)
Save and quit BIOS.
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