CMOS battery

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Hello,

everytime I turn off my pc, I have to remove the cmos battery to get it to power up. Is this the sign of a failing battery?

Or is it something else? any thoughts or suggestions welcome. :hello:



specs - intel gag915 - pentium 3ghz single - 3 gigs corsair dual channel- earthwatts 650 mod. psu. Nvidia 8800gt.

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1. Could be a problem with your BIOS settings, as removing the CMOS battery resets the settings to stock.

2. Could be dying battery.

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Reply to Shadow703793

Hey thanks, shadow

I am going to grab a new battery today so I can hopefully rule that part of it out.

Fwiw - my pc is at the 5yr old mark - I've heard that batteries tend to start losing power thereabouts.

Reply to smoovyc

Lol, I loose power at around the 2.5-3 year mark or earlier.

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