Difference between revisions of "Laptop Power & Batteries"
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'''Batteries''' are an expensive component of any portable device. Consequently, some information on their care, handling, and replacement is important. Lets explore. | '''Batteries''' are an expensive component of any portable device. Consequently, some information on their care, handling, and replacement is important. Lets explore. | ||
| − | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" font-size="90%" border=".05" cellpadding=".4" width=100% valign="top" |style="text-align:center" width="100%"| Our Friend the CMOS | + | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" font-size="90%" border=".05" cellpadding=".4" width=100% valign="top"|style="text-align:center" width="100%"| Our Friend the CMOS |
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| − | |style="text-align:left" width="20%" | + | |style="text-align:left" width="80%"|CMOS is short for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. CMOS is an on-board chip powered by a CMOS battery. CMOS stores information such as the system time and system settings for your computer. |
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Revision as of 11:18, 25 February 2010
Batteries are an expensive component of any portable device. Consequently, some information on their care, handling, and replacement is important. Lets explore.
| CMOS | CMOS is short for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. CMOS is an on-board chip powered by a CMOS battery. CMOS stores information such as the system time and system settings for your computer. |
| Battery Tips | The identified link provides methods to care for and prolong the life of your battery. Power management is also addressed since it affects the performance of a battery. |
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| ---- | If after following all the above steps you continue to experience the same error when your computer starts and/or your computer is still unable to keep the stored values it's likely that you're experiencing a more serious issues. Most likely causes are bad power supply or bad motherboard.---- |
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