Originally Posted by
machintek
We did that for a while, using external lithium CMOS batteries but only if we were familiar with that particular mother board as to know where to plug it in and what jumper to move. We quickly learned that we also had to remove the original battery as it would leak and eat away the deposited wires on the motherboard.
So instead we purchse the replacement NI-Cad battries and replace them using a solder sucker and a temerature controlled soldering iron.
Some mother boards had DALLAS REAL TIME CLOCK batteries that looked like ICs.
George
Funny thing popped into my mind when you mentioned the Dallas real time clock 'IC' thingy. I remember going to a lot of pain to obtain one, then pried the lid off the old one to discover that it had an ordinary watch battery soldered in inside the case They only got to sell me the one unit
First you get good, then you get fast. Then grouchiness sets in.
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