Motherboard Battery keeps going flat!!

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They do last years if something is not draining the battery; similar to
leaving your car lights on in the parking lot for hours.

Something is draining the battery but can't think of what it might be. Did
you check the motherboard manufacturer's web site for newsgroup or forum and
ask? Maybe tech support?

"Fabrussio" <Fabrussio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B3919539-DEE8-46FA-953E-679229A7DADA@microsoft.com...
>I have a computer about 4 years old and it keeps dying (will not turn on).
> replacing the Motherboard battery fixes it but the battery goes flat again
> flat after a couple of months.
>
> I thought they lasted years?
> I am definitely using the correct battery type.
>
>

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Also, he will need to to a re-install of XP.


"Alvin Brown" <alvin1@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> Hello Simple solutrion, buy a new mother board, will solve
> your problem, don't be cheap
>
> Al
>
>
> Fabrussio wrote:
>
>> I have a computer about 4 years old and it keeps dying (will not turn
>> on).
>> replacing the Motherboard battery fixes it but the battery goes flat
>> again
>> flat after a couple of months.
>>
>> I thought they lasted years?
>> I am definitely using the correct battery type.
>