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Hello Wayne - 

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CA>> Replacing CMOS batteries is not always an easy thing. Mine
CA>> was soldered into the Compaq motherboard and the online
CA>> tech kept insisting it wasn't. 

WC> Yeah the Packard Bell is like that and the blasted leads
WC> are like steel unable to sever with single edge razor blade
WC> despite sawing away at it. 

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CA>> I almost ripped the thing out thinking they should know
CA>> and maybe it was stuck. Fortunately I don't trust online
CA>> help personnel and finally told them I wasn't going to
CA>> even try to remove it. It wasn't the CMOS battery anyhow
CA>> (as it turned out) and the machine is still working here.
CA>> :-) 

WC> Good, what did it turn out to be? 

I was just trying to get the onboard sound working. Every
utility from Compaq ID'd the sound chip and told me it was
there but it wouldn't come to life. Compaq help suggested I
should zero out the CMOS by removing the battery. The top
'clip' had been soldered on using suction to pull the solder
under the clip. You couldn't see the solder. Nice soldering job
but tricky if you've never done that yourself you would
probably rip it right out. 

WC> The battery holder was pretty easy in the H.P. and as I've
WC> long fingers I managed to get by the cards, cables and
WC> drive to get to the motherboard mounted battery holder.
WC> Otherwise I'd had have to disassembled the other side panel
WC> from the case as one needs to do to access the memory
WC> moduals. 

My brother's HP is so packed he has admitted he is afraid to
"go in there" and he used to repair appliances for a living. LOL 

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