CMOS battery replacement in Dell Inspiron 4100

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"Isaac Grover" <ephesys@myexcel.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop that has recently stopped keeping
> track of time and this morning it forgot I had a CD-ROM drive. On a
> desktop this would be a problem with the CMOS battery going dead, but
> what I am running into is that the Inspiron 4100 doesn't have a CMOS
> battery. Since the CMOS information is stored in nonvolatile memory
> on this particular model, how would I "recharge" the long-term power
> source for the nonvolatile memory?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Isaac


http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/syste [...] tm#1090379


Stew

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

"Isaac Grover" <ephesys@myexcel.com> wrote in message
news:407f63e3.1476993@news.centennialpr.net...
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:39:07 -0500, "S.Lewis"
<stew1960@nospam.bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> >"Isaac Grover" <ephesys@myexcel.com> wrote in message
> >news:4c52a0c3.0404131228.dccfb0c@posting.google.com...
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I have a Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop that has recently stopped keeping
> >> track of time and this morning it forgot I had a CD-ROM drive. On a
> >> desktop this would be a problem with the CMOS battery going dead, but
> >> what I am running into is that the Inspiron 4100 doesn't have a CMOS
> >> battery. Since the CMOS information is stored in nonvolatile memory
> >> on this particular model, how would I "recharge" the long-term power
> >> source for the nonvolatile memory?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Isaac
> >
> >http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/ins4100/en/sm_en/remove.htm#1090379
>
> Thanks for the link. That battery isn't going to be easy to replace by
going to
> the local electronics shop, but I should be able to get it online
somewhere.
>
> Long live usenet. =)
>
> Isaac
>
> Are you losing $14,200.00 per year without your knowledge?
> http://bigmoneyandfreetime.web1000.com


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Good luck


Stew