Cmos battery...how long you had yours

Nevakonaza · 11-06-2007, 11:08 PM

hey all,

whats the longest anyone here has had a CMOS battery live for?

ive had the same one in my system for about 4 years now and i havnt had to replace it yet

pretty amazing how long a little battery like that can live for

isnt lt like every 3 years or so you should replace it?

kobaj · 11-06-2007, 11:17 PM

My servers battery lived for a good 10 years. Granted, it could have died and and my cmos was setting itself to default every time it started up and I didnt notice

.

diduknowthat · 11-07-2007, 01:26 AM

Hmmm so far 4 years, but I occasionally get a reset clock.

**brian** · 11-07-2007, 01:28 AM

idn, i thought since they lasted so long they had to be rechargable

PohTayToez · 11-07-2007, 01:30 AM

I've worked with 10+ year old computers that still have the original CMOS...

paratwa · 11-07-2007, 01:30 AM

I have never had a system longer than 5 years, so I would have to say 5 years. I have never had to replace a battery.

Ambushed · 11-07-2007, 01:45 AM

I've had the same one in for 5 years now..

**Cromewell** · 11-07-2007, 02:04 AM

My old Pentium 75 system seemed to be fine last I used it, it's got to be around 15 years old. I don't get any checksum errors or anything so I assume it's still good, I haven't powered it on for a couple years now though

**oscaryu1** · 11-07-2007, 02:23 AM

Pentium 166MHz still running strong, wether the orig battery was in there, dunno, but still...

Pentium 200MHz compaq Presario w/ origional battery STILL running strong (I dunno if this even has an BIOS... never could find it... but it must have one, as the battery is soldered to the motherboard

)

Nevakonaza · 11-07-2007, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oscaryu1

Pentium 200MHz compaq Presario w/ origional battery STILL running strong (I dunno if this even has an BIOS... never could find it... but it must have one, as the battery is soldered to the motherboard

)

wow...but how would they expect you to replace the battery if its soldered on

that wasnt a very good idea

11-06-2007, 11:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Midlands,Uk Age: 20 Posts: 8,497	Cmos battery...how long you had yours hey all, whats the longest anyone here has had a CMOS battery live for? ive had the same one in my system for about 4 years now and i havnt had to replace it yet pretty amazing how long a little battery like that can live for isnt lt like every 3 years or so you should replace it? __________________ Core 2 Duo E6300@ 2.8Ghz -Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) V1.9 Bios Seagate Barracuda 250Gb Sata II Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II 5GB OCZ PC2-6400C5 Vista Gold Series @ 926Mhz Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1 Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA Icute Jet Turbine case blk (Modded) Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1\|Kaspersky IS 2009

11-06-2007, 11:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
kobaj Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,225	My servers battery lived for a good 10 years. Granted, it could have died and and my cmos was setting itself to default every time it started up and I didnt notice . __________________ My site My sigThanks Kornowski for ava and sig. Winner of photo competition: Bokeh.

11-07-2007, 01:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 18 Posts: 6,632	Hmmm so far 4 years, but I occasionally get a reset clock. __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

11-07-2007, 01:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,601	I've worked with 10+ year old computers that still have the original CMOS... __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

11-07-2007, 01:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ambushed Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,059	I've had the same one in for 5 years now.. __________________ Core 2 Duo E6550 2.3GHz @ 3.4GHz FOXCONN MARS 2GB DDR2 800 500GB western digital SATA II XP Professional SP3 Nivida GeForce 9600GT 512MB 19" LCD widescreen 5ms www.easycomputers.co.nz

11-07-2007, 01:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
brian Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 4,173	idn, i thought since they lasted so long they had to be rechargable

11-07-2007, 01:30 AM	#6 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,969	I have never had a system longer than 5 years, so I would have to say 5 years. I have never had to replace a battery.

11-07-2007, 02:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 10,368	My old Pentium 75 system seemed to be fine last I used it, it's got to be around 15 years old. I don't get any checksum errors or anything so I assume it's still good, I haven't powered it on for a couple years now though __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here. www.userfriendly.org

11-07-2007, 02:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,311	Pentium 166MHz still running strong, wether the orig battery was in there, dunno, but still... Pentium 200MHz compaq Presario w/ origional battery STILL running strong (I dunno if this even has an BIOS... never could find it... but it must have one, as the battery is soldered to the motherboard ) __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Dell Inspiron 5000e Bad Battery / Hard drive	bonafide	Laptop and Smartphones	3	01-20-2007 11:03 AM
change cmos battery compaq presario 700z	chip114	Laptop and Smartphones	1	01-04-2007 06:36 PM
UPS & Car Battery	prosenjit	General Computer Chat	2	10-24-2006 02:02 AM
Video with mp3 player, Battery Life	matt12685848	Computer Accessories	6	04-05-2006 04:33 AM
Battery MaxiMiser problem	Downloader999	Computer Cases, Power Supplies and Cooling	6	08-27-2005 09:25 PM