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Hello Jasen - 

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

JB> so the tech was right? 

We need a second language. :-\ 

The tech was right about where to find the battery and wrong
about being able to remove it (easily).

JB> or was the battery soldered to the motherboard also. what
JB> was it you were tugging on? 

The top 'clip' of very thin (but strong) metal that was
intended to hold the battery in place but had been soldered to
the top of the battery. A very 'neat' soldering job where you
put the flux under the clip and let the heat suck the solder
underneath. You could not see the solder at all. 

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