RE CMOS BATTERY

Hi,
I have a old Pentium 166 and the cmos battery it dying.
Its a old pc and I want to know if you know any places they would sell cmos battery for that motherboard.
Regards,
Kam Darbar

1. RE: RE CMOS BATTERY
lbyard Jan-29-02 00:45 AM
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I have no idea what battery the motherboard uses. There are several kinds. What does the battery look like? Or, what motherboard do you have (http://duxcw.com/digest/Fromshop/mb/det.htm)? Larry

2. RE: RE CMOS BATTERY
Twinhead Mar-22-02 10:24 AM
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The mayorety of the Pentium mainboards use a CR 2032 Lithium battery.
It is 2 Cm in diameter and 3,2 Mm thick.
It is a metal colored "Coin" shaped cell somewhere on the mainboard.
You should see a "+", "3V" and "CR2032" on it.
Every electronics store or a juwellery should have these cells.
Victor.

3. More Info...
lbyard Mar-22-02 12:03 PM
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Read the bottom of http://duxcw.com/faq/cmos/cmos.htm before removing the old battery. Also, go into the CMOS Setup and record the settings, especially any disk drive settings. Insist on a CR2032. There are other batteries that are the same size that will not last as long. Radio Shack should have them. Larry