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I have an old Packard Bell "Statesman" 486 laptop that won't
turn on anymore. The main battery has been dead for sometime but
it was working somewhat with the AC power supply. It was
displaying messages on turn-on to correct some of the setup
settings, but when I went into the setup, the settings were
ok, and all I had to do was save the settings and then the
machine would boot normally.

I'm wondering if the little internal battery that maintains
the setup has gone dead and causing the machine to fail
to turn on. It has a soft turn-on and turn-off button.

Any idea if the small internal battery is the problem?
If so, how hard is it to open up and replace the battery?

-Bill

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"Bill Bowden" <wrongaddress@att.net> wrote in message
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> I have an old Packard Bell "Statesman" 486 laptop that won't
> turn on anymore. The main battery has been dead for sometime but
> it was working somewhat with the AC power supply. It was
> displaying messages on turn-on to correct some of the setup
> settings, but when I went into the setup, the settings were
> ok, and all I had to do was save the settings and then the
> machine would boot normally.
>
> I'm wondering if the little internal battery that maintains
> the setup has gone dead and causing the machine to fail
> to turn on. It has a soft turn-on and turn-off button.
>
> Any idea if the small internal battery is the problem?
> If so, how hard is it to open up and replace the battery?
>
> -Bill

Bill,

You can get main batteries here:

http://www.notebookplanet.com/show [...] &high=4358

From what I've been able to find, sounds like your CMOS battery is dead.
Unfortunately, I'm unable to find out how to open the case. According to
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/statesman.htm the CMOS battery is soldered
in, making this a pain to attempt. :-( Sorry I couldn't have been more
help. Have you tried Google (www.google.com) to search for a manual? You
could also check in alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell and
http://www.priorityonesupport.com/.
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Bill Bowden <wrongaddress@att.net> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if the little internal battery that maintains
> the setup has gone dead and causing the machine to fail
> to turn on. It has a soft turn-on and turn-off button.
>
> Any idea if the small internal battery is the problem?
> If so, how hard is it to open up and replace the battery?

Yes, it certainly sounds like your CMOS battery is dead. That's the good
news!

The bad news is that IIRC the CMOS battery is soldered on the motherboard of
the unit and is not easily replaced, even if you could find one!

--
Regards,

James

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Just get a small 3v cell battery holder, so you can replace anytime.
for mAh bigger digits the better.

My laptop has 3v cell lithum battery soldered into mobo backside of it. I
removed it anyway.

Watch out when you desolder the battery cuz lithum battery explodes
though, and make sure of + and - , that's one of cuzz battery explosion,
too

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That's definitely a possibility. You will have to open it up and explore.

Be very careful in replacing that battery. DO NOT try to solder to a
lithium battery, it may explode. Some of these batteries are
rechargeable (NiCad, probably), some are just long-life lithium coin
cells. You must replace it with the same voltage, and if it's
rechargeable, same chemistry.

Bill Bowden wrote:

> I have an old Packard Bell "Statesman" 486 laptop that won't
> turn on anymore. The main battery has been dead for sometime but
> it was working somewhat with the AC power supply. It was
> displaying messages on turn-on to correct some of the setup
> settings, but when I went into the setup, the settings were
> ok, and all I had to do was save the settings and then the
> machine would boot normally.
>
> I'm wondering if the little internal battery that maintains
> the setup has gone dead and causing the machine to fail
> to turn on. It has a soft turn-on and turn-off button.
>
> Any idea if the small internal battery is the problem?
> If so, how hard is it to open up and replace the battery?
>
> -Bill

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