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Lil ol me

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:09 am
Post subject: K7S5A Low Battery CMOS
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I get a low-battery warning no matter what CMOS battery I put in. They
could ALL be low (I've tried 4), but is there another explaination for this?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:09 am
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Are you getting from the same place? They really could all be past their
prime if you are buying the same lot ... but this is rather doubtful.
Another explanation is that the board is bad. The only fix is to replace the
motherboard. But, go slowly. I would get another battery from another store.
Take in the "old" ones and have them check them. Make sure that you are
actually using the right battery! One other thing. Go into the CMOS and
reset everything, save and exit. Sometimes the CMOS gets messed up and need
to be cleared/reset. Also, have you flashed the BIOS with an updated
version? (I would check out all these things before blaming the
motherboard.)

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Funny thing is I just had a "battery glitch" on my K7S5A where the time went
crazy. Lost hours in a day while the system was on! Everything else was okay
(i.e., booting up, etc.). So, before I changed out the battery I reset the
CMOS time in the BIOS. Now the windows time is fine. I think it's gremlins.


"Li'l ol' me" <richie42@***SPAMOFF**eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > I get a low-battery warning no matter what CMOS battery I put in. They
 > could ALL be low (I've tried 4), but is there another explaination for
this?
 >
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:09 am
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Use a voltmeter and measure the battery, you should see about 3.3v.
Also, change some settings in the CMOS setup and save your changes.
BTW, what is reporting the low battery voltage? Software running under
Windows? Check the voltage in CMOS setup, see what is reported there.

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"Li'l ol' me" <richie42@***SPAMOFF**eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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| I get a low-battery warning no matter what CMOS battery I put in.
They
| could ALL be low (I've tried 4), but is there another explaination
for this?
|
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 10:24 pm
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:09:47 +0100, In this world we created "Li'l ol'
me" <richie42@***SPAMOFF**eidosnet.co.uk> wrote :

 >I get a low-battery warning no matter what CMOS battery I put in. They
 >could ALL be low (I've tried 4), but is there another explaination for this?
 >

Get some,"servisol" electrical switch cleaner on a bit of tissue and
clean all sides of the flimsy CMOS contacts.Bend them more into the
centre before inserting the battery as well.Also before you do,pull
the power cord and clear the CMOS just for good measure and see if
that helps.




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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 2:16 am
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Thanks for your answers.

I was using batteries salvaged from some boards that are faulty, so there
was always a good chance they wouldn't work.

As it was, it seems fine now with one of those batteries. It's possible I
just hadn't pushed/pulled in the retainer things enough.

"Li'l ol' me" <richie42@***SPAMOFF**eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > I get a low-battery warning no matter what CMOS battery I put in. They
 > could ALL be low (I've tried 4), but is there another explaination for
this?
 >
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:15 pm
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In article <bigna5$9ra$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, richie42
@***SPAMOFF**eidosnet.co.uk says...
 > Thanks for your answers.
 >
 > I was using batteries salvaged from some boards that are faulty, so there
 > was always a good chance they wouldn't work.
 >
 > As it was, it seems fine now with one of those batteries. It's possible I
 > just hadn't pushed/pulled in the retainer things enough.
 >
 > "Li'l ol' me" <richie42@***SPAMOFF**eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
 > news:bidu2i$drb$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
  > > I get a low-battery warning no matter what CMOS battery I put in. They
  > > could ALL be low (I've tried 4), but is there another explaination for
 > this?
  > >
  > >
 >
 >
 >
There is a known low Vbat voltage indication with this board where an
erroneous reading of 2.09v is indicated especially from a cold boot.

Abandoning the quick memory check in the BIOS settings can help.

Normally a warm reboot will revert the voltage reading back to what it
should be (circa 3.3v)

My prob with this disapperared when I installed a new graphics card
which delayed the BIOS load operation thereby stabilising the voltage
readings when booting cold.

Domt worry this is NOTHING to do with dud batteries and your system will
still run fine and you WONT lose your cmos settings....so dont lose any
sleep over it ok? Smile
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 3:42 pm
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"Steve" <stevejbNOSPAM DeleteThis @bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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 > In article <bigna5$9ra$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, richie42
 > @***SPAMOFF**eidosnet.co.uk says...
  > > Thanks for your answers.
  > >
  > > I was using batteries salvaged from some boards that are faulty, so
there
  > > was always a good chance they wouldn't work.
  > >
  > > As it was, it seems fine now with one of those batteries. It's possible
I
  > > just hadn't pushed/pulled in the retainer things enough.
  > >
  > > "Li'l ol' me" <richie42@***SPAMOFF**eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
  > > news:bidu2i$drb$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
   > > > I get a low-battery warning no matter what CMOS battery I put in.
They
   > > > could ALL be low (I've tried 4), but is there another explaination for
  > > this?
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
 > There is a known low Vbat voltage indication with this board where an
 > erroneous reading of 2.09v is indicated especially from a cold boot.
 >
 > Abandoning the quick memory check in the BIOS settings can help.
 >
 > Normally a warm reboot will revert the voltage reading back to what it
 > should be (circa 3.3v)
 >
 > My prob with this disapperared when I installed a new graphics card
 > which delayed the BIOS load operation thereby stabilising the voltage
 > readings when booting cold.
 >
 > Domt worry this is NOTHING to do with dud batteries and your system will
 > still run fine and you WONT lose your cmos settings....so dont lose any
 > sleep over it ok? Smile

Actually, I WAS losing CMOS settings, including the time. All solved now
though, thanks.

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 > Steve
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