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CMOS Battery Question. 1
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jim36320
Yes, you should buy a new battery, attached to a new Core 2 Duo PC. Seven years old! Quite the dinosaur.
Seriously there should be no harm done either way, if you have custom BIOS settings I would index them to be safe. I am in the same boat, about 5 or 6 of my office PCs are of that age or older and since the PCs will start & work without a battery, I choose to let them die. I've only had one go so far, and that was a 1999 machine.
Tony
"If it can't take it, I don't want it
Yes, you should buy a new battery, attached to a new Core 2 Duo PC. Seven years old! Quite the dinosaur.
Seriously there should be no harm done either way, if you have custom BIOS settings I would index them to be safe. I am in the same boat, about 5 or 6 of my office PCs are of that age or older and since the PCs will start & work without a battery, I choose to let them die. I've only had one go so far, and that was a 1999 machine.
Tony
"If it can't take it, I don't want it
For the price you will pay, yes, buy a battery. When it finally dies you will be able to swap it out when it is convienent for you, not after you make a trip to the store.
And you do have the CMOS settings documented, don't you?
Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
And you do have the CMOS settings documented, don't you?
Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
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