[waug] Re: Clocks - Advice please

  • From: Mark Fraser <freelists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "J.M. Gray" <jmg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, waug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:16:18 +0100

In article <470A8CEA.3020703@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Graham Mottram <graham.mottram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> J.M. Gray wrote:
> > Dear Graham,
> >
> > Hoping to come on Saturday!
> >

[Snip]
> >
> >   
> Hi Jeremy,

> It certainly sounds like the CMOS battery has failed - or is about to go 
> terminal.
> I haven't got a computer open enough to point out exactly where it is, 
> but the battery is about the size of a 10p piece and is soldered onto 
> the motherboard.
> I'm copying this to other members who know better than me, but we can 
> certainly look at a computer on Saturday if you don't feel strong enough 
> to go solo!

Sounds like the battery to me too. I think I might still have a spare
non-working motherboard in the loft so we can try the battery from that.

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