Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 12/18/2009 12:27 PM: > Hi, > > I have a 4.5 year old Epox 8VTAI mobo whose battery has never been changed. > > I just noticed that the time does not step when the power is off. > > Is that because the battery is low on power? > > I don't suppose there is a way to change the battery without losing all > the BIOS settings. > > What is a way to check the motherboard battery?
If it's 4.5 years old, don't test it, just replace it. The mere fact that you're even looking at the battery as a possible problem source says it's dead. 5 years is about average life on these for systems that are power cycled and left off overnight regularly. I've had some last 10 years. Then again, I never power my systems off, so my batteries rarely cycle. I dunno if Newegg ships to Mexico, but here's what you need: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899200009&cm_re=CMOS_battery-_-99-200-009-_-Product Never buy just one of anything this cheap. Buy at least 3, given the cost of shipping, and the fact you might get one dead out of the package. You should be able to buy this locally somewhere though. It's a pretty standard watch battery size. Pull it and take it to the nearest store that sells camera and watch batteries. Match it up and buy a couple or three. Usually the best place to find these in the U.S. is drug stores. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org