CMOS battery replacement?

Pauliedragon · 2021-10-06 09:52:47

Sorry for the ingorance lads technology isn't my best friend. I've an old laptop but I'm not in a position to replace it right now. I never heard of a cmos battery before but my screen hasn't been coming on recently and after some digging I think it's this battery that's on the way out. I was just wondering how…

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Pauliedragon

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Sorry for the ingorance lads technology isn't my best friend. I've an old laptop but I'm not in a position to replace it right now. I never heard of a cmos battery before but my screen hasn't been coming on recently and after some digging I think it's this battery that's on the way out. I was just wondering how easy/expensive these are to replace.

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Easiest thing go to youtube, type in your model number and look for a disassembly video, watch it and see if your comfortable getting to the point where the CMOS on the motherboard is exposed. Cost? Couple euro for a button battery.
Older laptops are far easier to disassemble than newer.

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