Lately the main battery has remained flat as flat and had to use it with the power only (not my main pc LOL). However each time I load Windows, the time/date is reset to 1980.
Now I probably need a new 7792DMT battery (£50 on ebay) but does anyone know if there is an internal clock battery or if it uses the main recharge battery for the time and date?
2006-09-02 11:39:38 · 4 answers · asked by The Mole 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
It's the CMOS battery about £3 to buy, but you need to know how to get in to your laptop to replace it.
Take it to your local computer repair shop, around £10 (if there greedy) including battery.
I usually charge £8 to do it, It's only a 5 min job.
Hope this helps,
Spikey_Jay
2006-09-02 18:51:57 · answer #1 · answered by Spikey_Jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is an internal battery, usually called the CMOS battery. It keeps the date and time correct, and also keeps your BIOS settings (that's how it remembers what hardware you've got there, such as what hard drive, floppy drive, CD/DVD ROM drive, etc. It's only when Windows boots up that the drivers are loaded.)
I'm really not familiar with your laptop, so I'm not sure how easy it would be to replace it. It certainly wouldn't cost anywhere near the price it would for the 7792DMT battery that you're talking about. That's the battery that powers the machine up, as I'm sure you're aware. It shouldn't cost more than a couple of quid.
2006-09-02 19:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is a seperate internal clock battery.
2006-09-02 18:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by mstrobert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, the internal clock is normally powered by a different battery.
So its unusual to get this problem.
2006-09-02 18:51:23 · answer #4 · answered by AnonyMoose_UK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋