On 05/10/2024 11:20, Terry Coles wrote:
Despite what the manual, says, it is not necessary to remove the main battery to get at the CMOS Battery, so I got it out this morning. The terminal voltage of the cell is ~800 mV, so it looks like the signalling was correct. I have now ordered a replacement, so it will be interesting to see if that fixes the problem.
The new battery arrived today and the laptop is now working again. I'm just charging the main battery and then it should be as good as new!! I'm a little disappointed with Rapid PCs because I have always found them reliable in the past. I rather suspect that the guy there had convinced himself the charge light signals meant memory fault, and he didn't even check the terminal voltage on the BIOS battery! Still, he didn't charge me anything so nothing lost except time. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-10-01 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
