CMOS Battery Issue (PC)...

I seem to have run into a small problem so thought i would discuss it here. . I'm facing an issue that i had to previously deal with. When i turned my PC on last night, as soon as it booted up, i recieved the following error:

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I can either proceed or press F1 and it will take me to the BIOS settings so i can fiddle around with it. I have had the problem before, opened my case and tried to remove the battery, i was really careful, and still could not take it out. I managed to have found some pictures which i took when the problem first occured:

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It really is beginning to get a little annoying, it happens abit more regularly this time around. Due to the battery, my time and date is changed so i then have to correct that if i want to log in succesfully to MSN Messenger. I then get my antivirus confused with the dates as it keeps pestering me that my virus database is out of date, last succesful update: 1/12/2003. :confused:. Then when accessing Facebook, firefox gives me some invalid certificate issues.

I really do now know what to do, the battery isnt powerful enough to keep hold of the bios settings anymore, and it seems as though i cant remove the battery from the motherboard. What can i do?
(Just to add, i have a ECS m848a motherboard).

Thanks,
dan-ger-ous

dan i cant see very well in that pic but they are very easy to change with a small s driver you can go to one side of bat and flip it out then put the new batt in goes in one side first and press down there is a little spring on one side i cant see it in pic or you could just leave your m/c pluged in and on all the time

dont take out batt till you have a new one to put in

Originally Posted by hadmad

dan i cant see very well in that pic but they are very easy to change with a small s driver you can go to one side of bat and flip it out then put the new batt in goes in one side first and press down there is a little spring on one side i cant see it in pick or you could just leave your m/c pluged in and on all the time

Cheers, i'll have a quick look at the battery and then buy one from the shop. Hopefully i can get the old one out and the new one in without to much difficulty.

the batt you need is( cr 2032 3v) da

Originally Posted by hadmad

the batt you need is( cr 2032 3v) da

Thanks alot mate, i can go straight to the shop later on ! (It wouldn't really matter what make i got for the battery aslong as it is a "cr 2032 3v"?)

ya the make dont matter they should have them in any good shop

Cheers, i'll be off then

does the pc remain switched of for long periods of time?

it may be just losing its charge, try leaving the pc switched on for a few hours and reboot to see if this fixes the problem, battery looks as if it will slip out ok but write down your cmos values before removing it

Originally Posted by axxxo

does the pc remain switched of for long periods of time?

it may be just losing its charge, try leaving the pc switched on for a few hours and reboot to see if this fixes the problem, battery looks as if it will slip out ok but write down your cmos values before removing it

Hmmm my PC would normally be on during the day, and turned off whilst im asleep, that would be a good 10 hours. I tried removing it, but it just wont budge, and it looks like the whole compartment that holds the cmos battery is going to come loose. So im going to get it checked at 2:00 and see if i can get it sorted then.I checked the bios a few minutes ago before disconnecting the PC's periperhals, and the values seem to have been setted back to default.

that battery should pop no prob can you get a pic looking down at the battery