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> My partners oldish Advent P3 1gz 256mb has started to show messages the
> CMOS battery is low and goes straight into setup.
>
> Anyone know the type, location, and where I can get one ?
>
> TIA
>
> Peter

> / [ 2pods ] on Tuesday 21 February 2006 19:12
>
>> My partners oldish Advent P3 1gz 256mb has started to show messages the
>> CMOS battery is low and goes straight into setup.
>>
>> Anyone know the type, location, and where I can get one ?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Peter
>
> Merely any decent-sized electronics shop should stock these. Pull out the
> battery off the motherboard (be very careful) and bring it to a local shop
> such as Maplin (tolerate the one-time highstreet ripoff) or RS Components.
>
> Frankly, such batteries are rarely replaced and their capacity is usually
> sufficient for the whole lifetime of a computer, i.e. before it becomes
> legacy hardware. I guess timestamps are important enough to your partner
> and
> that startup nag is no joy either.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Roy
>
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