26 Jan
2011
26 Jan
'11
5:58 a.m.
Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
But I have found that after removing the batery the
machine will boot,
though it will of course complain about the CMOS being corrupt. I seem to
remember that the OP said he had de-soldered the batery.
Phil, I've seen many machines that wouldn't boot WITHOUT a battery. SiS
530 (K6, Pentium 200/233MMX, etc) is one that comes to mind. If you have a
dead battery OR no battery, zed is dead.
It's
there to charge the nicad battery, and was already part of the
motherboard. I desoldered one leg (which had been eaten away) and
replaced it with a new part.
And remember: Sometimes when the battery goes
flat, the computer does
not boot and looks dead!!!