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From: Jose on 2 Apr 2010 19:31 On Apr 2, 4:58 pm, "Jack B" <jslimp01nos...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > Thanks. > > My pc is 8½ yrs old so I probably ought to replace the battery. Is there > anything in particular I should be aware of in doing that? > > Jack > > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in messagenews:h1hcr51pn0jk3jbb3f565qke2fcuthfucc(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:50:48 -0400, "Jack B" > > <jslimp01nos...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced? > > When it fails. You will know when that begins because the clock will > start to lose time whenever the machine is powered off. > > When does that happen? It depends entirely on the specific battery. > Sometime as soon as a couple of months after purchase. Sometimes as > much as five years later. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 > Please Reply to the Newsgroup If you provide more information, we can perhaps help you locate a manual that will tell you exactly how to replace your battery. If it has been 8.5 years, that is a good life and if you have never changed it, it might be a good time to perform some other routine maintenance on your system so you can get another 8.5 years out of it. If you do nor provide more information, you will just get general ideas that might apply to your system. So far, you have gotten some conflicting information - which is the right information? Please provide additional information about your system: Click Start, Run and in the box enter: msinfo32 Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the information back here. There will be some personal information (like System Name and User Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just delete it from the pasted information. This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 2 Apr 2010 20:06 Nit duly picked. Lem wrote: > No, it only *needs* to be replaced *after* it craps out. > > PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >> Before it craps out. >> >> Jack B wrote: >>> When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced? >>> >>> Jack
From: LD55ZRA on 2 Apr 2010 22:17 Whenever you don't have any pigs to attack and you are looking for something to do. hth Jack B wrote: > > When does the little battery on the motherboard need to be replaced? > > Jack
From: LVTravel on 2 Apr 2010 22:38 "NA" <NA(a)na.org> wrote in message news:4BB6675A.9090901(a)na.org... > On 4/2/2010 5:19 PM EDT, Unknown wrote: >> Simple common sense. Turn power off but leave line cord plugged in. >> (Provides static discharge path) >> Touch frame of computer before anything else (discharge static) > > Turning power off and leaving AC power cord plugged in is *not* a good > idea. This does not completely remove power from the motherboard. The > Standby +5VDC is still active even when the rest of the power supply lines > are off. This is used to power the circuitry that controls the Power-On > signal, and network card's Wake-On-LAN capabilities. Always unplug the AC > cord is the common sense approach. Unknown is incorrect with the newer computers but where that information was obtained is that it was correct in older AT class computers that actually had the computer's power switch on the power supply. The newer computers where it is an electrically controlled switch (momentary contact type switch on the case) on the motherboard what unknown said can cause the computer to be fried quickly as you pointed out. Unplug it and also anything that could be sending a signal to the computer, such as self powered scanner, attached external drives, etc. They can "backfeed" through the signal cable into the computer's motherboard (granted this is not much current but...) I have created a ground strap with an alligator clip on one end that is clipped on the metal frame of the computer and a standard wall plug's ground that can be plugged in to provide a chassis ground. This is done, of course, after all has been unplugged.
From: Unknown on 3 Apr 2010 11:30
You are absolutely correct. I neglected to add the proper procedures when using a multiple outlet box with an on/off switch. I (dumbly) assumed poster had box with switch. Be more careful next time. "NA" <NA(a)na.org> wrote in message news:4BB6675A.9090901(a)na.org... > On 4/2/2010 5:19 PM EDT, Unknown wrote: >> Simple common sense. Turn power off but leave line cord plugged in. >> (Provides static discharge path) >> Touch frame of computer before anything else (discharge static) > > Turning power off and leaving AC power cord plugged in is *not* a good > idea. This does not completely remove power from the motherboard. The > Standby +5VDC is still active even when the rest of the power supply lines > are off. This is used to power the circuitry that controls the Power-On > signal, and network card's Wake-On-LAN capabilities. Always unplug the AC > cord is the common sense approach. |