DM> The computer hasn't ran in months before I tried using it.. Can't copy
DM> the CMOS info because I can't even get far enough to.
DM> I don't think it  uses a battery. a lot of motherboards use a capacitor,
DM> so what I think I'm gonna have to do is discharge every damn capacitor on
DM> the board until it's comopletely juiceless.
Some of them use NiCd batteries that look like capacitors, short circuiting
them isn't a good idea, they tend to heat up a bit. I'd be surprised if they
would use a capacitor instead of a mini NiCd it'd take a capacitor the size 
f
a coke can (or bigger) to have the same capacity as the batteries they 
sually
use.
DM> I'll have to pull the whole thing apart.
You could just pull the chip (it'll be the socketed one closest to the 
keyboard
socket, probably have a copyright sticker on it) wait half an minute for it 
o
reset (or short all the pins with some Al-foil), and plug it back in. Be
careful CMOS is sensititive to static electricity.
                        
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