Tecra 8000 CMOS battery

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Did you look on both sides of the motherboard ? Its there.

"Tim" <tim@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> my sister bought an 'old' Toshiba laptop (Tecra 8000), but the thing
> keeps forgetting the BIOS settings. I've opened it up to replace the
> CMOS battery, but couldn't find it :-(
>
> Does anybody know where it is, what it looks like and where to get a
> new one? Or where I can find service manuals for the Tecra 8000?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. She uses the laptop for her
> studies and copying settings from a page on every boot, doesn't make
> the laptop as handy as it could be...
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tim

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

I have a 8000 also. A friend told me It was on the MB Cant ask to see whats
up. I would say If not on one side Its on the other.

Good Luck!

"Tim" <tim@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message
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> I looked at the top of the motherboard and the parts of the back that
> are accessible by taking off all the different 'lids' (to get to the
> RAM etc.).
>
> Do you think it's on the other side?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:25:25 GMT, "kkweaver" <kkweaver@pacbell.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Did you look on both sides of the motherboard ? Its there.
> >
> >"Tim" <tim@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message
> >news:511bd0l7uav0cef8m62jg3uqp01v8qvree@4ax.com...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> my sister bought an 'old' Toshiba laptop (Tecra 8000), but the thing
> >> keeps forgetting the BIOS settings. I've opened it up to replace the
> >> CMOS battery, but couldn't find it :-(
> >>
> >> Does anybody know where it is, what it looks like and where to get a
> >> new one? Or where I can find service manuals for the Tecra 8000?
> >>
> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. She uses the laptop for her
> >> studies and copying settings from a page on every boot, doesn't make
> >> the laptop as handy as it could be...
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Tim
> >
>