Re: Find CMOS battery

ROBERT RICHOLD wrote:

Anyone know how I can locate the CMOS battery on my HP Pavilion zv5200
motherboard. I do not have a diagram.


It's the only thing on the motherboard that is about the size, shape, and
color of of a US quarter.

Are you planning on changing it? Why? What makes you think it's bad? If your
clock is running slow, first take note of whether you are losing time while
the computer is running or while it's powered off. If it's while powered
off, the problem *is* very likely the battery. But if it's while running, it
can *not* be the battery, because the battery isn't used while the computer
is running.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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