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You can even replace most CMOS batteries on a running machine without causing any issues. The power from the system will keep the BIOS set, and it's a 1 minute
by BizarroLand 5y ago
You can even replace most CMOS batteries on a running machine without causing any issues. The power from the system will keep the BIOS set, and it's a 1 minute job for many servers, slide out the rack, pop the top, thin phillips screwdriver to the CMOS battery to pop the old one out, pop the new one in and button her up.
Heck, you can buy 2 CMOS batteries for a buck at the dollar tree. They'll last a year or more with the light usage that would be.
- diroussel 5y agoAssuming the battery is not soldered in.
- dylan604 5y agoIn machines of this age, I don't think anyone would have considered soldering something in like that. That didn't happen until halfway through the 2000s.
- drewzero1 5y agoNot exactly a CMOS chip, but the Dallas Semiconductor DS1287[1] real-time clock chip had a built-in battery that was notorious for failing. [1] https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2009-10-10-renovating-a-dallas-battery-chip.htm https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2009-10-10-renovat...
- mdip 5y agoThis model (and every other that I've seen, though, admittedly it's been a while since I've looked at a typical rack mount server) had an easily removed battery.