Keep losing battery power while unit is turned off.

[Ryker7]

I keep losing battery power when unit is turned off....bios settings, date, time, ect. Sometimes I don't lose the settings, everything just freezes. The time stays the same as it was when I turned the unit off. I have replaced the battery twice but can't seem to make this problem go away. It is an older pc (5 years) with Win 95. Both batteries were good according to my battery reader. Any suggestions?

 

[rockerfellerz]

Patched for W2K?

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[crisc]

Hate to say it but unless you are handy with a multimeter and a soldering iron, get a new mobo.

 

[Borca]

You might want to replace you Power Supply (AT / ATX) and a new COMS battery.

 

[Bobg1]

You don't need a new power supply.
But yes you might need a different cmos battery, even though it appears to have power it may not be able to supply enough. Unless you can load test it you can't tell for sure. It also could be some other component has failed and you have to either get by the way it is or replace the mobo.

 

[VMPhilosophy]

it sounds like a motherboard issue

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[franklin97355]

rockerfellerz: Y2K maybe?

 

[edfair]

How about the battery holder? They bend pretty easily and don't make contact.

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