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Where is the battery?
My in-laws have an old AST Advantage Adventure 466 that they use.
Nothing fancy, but it serves them well. It started showing the BIOS needing reset each time it was started, so I figured I would just change the BIOS battery. Well guess what? It doesn't have the traditional battery and socket, but it is soldered onto the board somewhere. It must be a special shape or something because I can't seem to find it. Has anyone else ever worked on one of these that could help out? Thanks... |
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Bob Alexander wrote:
Part 1.1Type: Plain Text (text/plain) I have no idea, because you used HTML/mime attachments in USENET. These things may carry viruses, and get destroyed on sight here. They certainly don't get read. e-mail is a text mechanism. -- Chuck F ) ) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. http://cbfalconer.home.att.net USE worldnet address! |
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:36:39 -0400, Bob Alexander
wrote: My in-laws have an old AST Advantage Adventure 466 that they use. Nothing fancy, but it serves them well. It started showing the BIOS needing reset each time it was started, so I figured I would just change the BIOS battery. Well guess what? It doesn't have the traditional battery and socket, but it is soldered onto the board somewhere. It must be a special shape or something because I can't seem to find it. Has anyone else ever worked on one of these that could help out? Thanks... In the old days, the battery looked like a axial (leads on both ends rather than two at the bottom) electrolytic capacitor. On an old 486 I had, the only thing telling me it wasn't an electrolytic capacitor was that the motherboard had the word "battery" etched right next to it. --------------------------------------------- MCheu |
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:36:39 -0400, Bob Alexander
wrote: My in-laws have an old AST Advantage Adventure 466 that they use. Nothing fancy, but it serves them well. It started showing the BIOS needing reset each time it was started, so I figured I would just change the BIOS battery. Well guess what? It doesn't have the traditional battery and socket, but it is soldered onto the board somewhere. It must be a special shape or something because I can't seem to find it. Has anyone else ever worked on one of these that could help out? Thanks... It might have something like a "Dallas Real-time Clock". Those are not easily replaceable, rather the system is probably due to be upgraded/replaced in whole. The linked pic shows a Dallas RTC, and that particular pictured motherboard also has a space on it for a battery holder. Some boards have a pin-header instead that would allow plugging in a battery pack. If your board has either of these options for adding a different battery you "could" do that instead, but still it may be worthwhile to replace the system, more parts than just the RTC become a liability when the system is that old, especially the hard drive which "might" (?) hold valuable data on it. http://members.iweb.net.au/~pstorr/p...es/dallas1.jpg |
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I thought I had gotten this fixed the last time you questioned me about
it. Thanks for going easy on me. I think I may have found a place in the mail format option that was set to convert to html. I changed it to convert to plain text and am wondering how this is coming through. Thanks... -----Original Message----- From: CBFalconer ] Posted At: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:30 PM Posted To: alt.comp.hardware Conversation: Where is the battery? Subject: Where is the battery? Bob Alexander wrote: Part 1.1Type: Plain Text (text/plain) I have no idea, because you used HTML/mime attachments in USENET. These things may carry viruses, and get destroyed on sight here. They certainly don't get read. e-mail is a text mechanism. -- Chuck F ) ) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. http://cbfalconer.home.att.net USE worldnet address! |
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It might have something like a "Dallas Real-time Clock".
Those are not easily replaceable, rather the system is probably due to be upgraded/replaced in whole. Those funny looking plastic boxes on the board... always wondered what they were called. All the ones I've seen allow the plastic cover to be removed to unsolder the battery though.. Regards, Chris |
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CBFalconer wrote:
Bob Alexander wrote: Part 1.1Type: Plain Text (text/plain) I have no idea, because you used HTML/mime attachments in USENET. These things may carry viruses, and get destroyed on sight here. They certainly don't get read. e-mail is a text mechanism. Focus, CB, focus. Address the problem, if it is within your knowledge base. You might try to ignore the TINY little things that upset you and stick to the issues. If all you have to say about the person's problem is " I have no idea ", then why bother responding? You seem a wee bit overly anal. Are you saying that "HTML/mime attachments in USENET" destroy your ability to help someone? Are you so freaked regarding viruses that you are absolutely unable to contribute? A decent anti virus program might help to allay your inordinate fears. And lastly, if "They certainly don't get read." then how is it that you are responding with this crap?? Clairvoyance ??? Art Leonard |
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Art Leonard wrote:
CBFalconer wrote: Bob Alexander wrote: Part 1.1Type: Plain Text (text/plain) I have no idea, because you used HTML/mime attachments in USENET. These things may carry viruses, and get destroyed on sight here. They certainly don't get read. e-mail is a text mechanism. Focus, CB, focus. Address the problem, if it is within your knowledge base. You might try to ignore the TINY little things that upset you and stick to the issues. If all you have to say about the person's problem is " I have no idea ", then why .... snip ... Try exercising the knob on your neck. The originator may not realize he is sending html mail, which is getting destroyed/ignored/etc. Or he may not know that it is frowned upon. It is usually considered friendly to tell him. Of course, some are such boors that they immediately get excited and antagonistic. -- Chuck F ) ) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. http://cbfalconer.home.att.net USE worldnet address! |
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CBFalconer wrote:
Art Leonard wrote: CBFalconer wrote: Bob Alexander wrote: Part 1.1Type: Plain Text (text/plain) I have no idea, because you used HTML/mime attachments in USENET. These things may carry viruses, and get destroyed on sight here. They certainly don't get read. e-mail is a text mechanism. Focus, CB, focus. Address the problem, if it is within your knowledge base. You might try to ignore the TINY little things that upset you and stick to the issues. If all you have to say about the person's problem is " I have no idea ", then why ... snip ... Try exercising the knob on your neck. snip Yes, yes, but of course, anything but address the issues put forth. Not within your realm I guess? Art Leonard |
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Bob Alexander wrote:
My in-laws have an old AST Advantage Adventure 466 that they use. Nothing fancy, but it serves them well. It started showing the BIOS needing reset each time it was started, so I figured I would just change the BIOS battery. Well guess what? It doesn't have the traditional battery and socket, but it is soldered onto the board somewhere. It must be a special shape or something because I can't seem to find it. Has anyone else ever worked on one of these that could help out? Thanks... Which one do you have??? did you google for it??? Advantage Series Advantage 200 Advantage 6000 Advantage 6066D Advantage 6075 Advantage 6075P Advantage 824 Advantage 9304 Advantage 9316 Advantage Adventure 6075P Advantage Adventure 8075P Advantage AT Advantage Pro Advantage Pro 386SX/25 Advantage Pro 486DX2/66 |
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