Difference between revisions of "Laptop Power & Batteries"
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| + | == Batteries are an expensive component of any portable device, even more so when they go bad. Some information on their care, handling, and replacement is important. Lets explore. == | ||
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| − | |style="text-align:left" width="20%"|CMOS | + | |style="text-align:left" width="20%"|'''CMOS Battery''' |
| − | |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. | + | |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. The CMOS stores information such as the system time and system settings for your computer. |
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| − | |style="text-align:left | + | |style="text-align:left"|[[http://www.laptopparts101.com/cmos-rtc-battery/|CMOS Battery Types]] |
| − | |style="text-align:left" | + | |style="text-align:left"|In Laptops, CMOS batteries are either button type mounted on the motherboard or plug wired. |
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| − | |style="text-align:left"| | + | |style="text-align:left"|Laptop CMOS |
| − | |style="text-align:left"|- | + | |style="text-align:left"|A CMOS battery can be bad, but can be masked by a charged laptop battery. Disconnecting the laptop battery and allowing the system to sit un-powered for a short period of time after the system time / date has been set or verified is the key. Reconnect the battery, plug in system power, and if the system time is incorrect, the CMOS battery is bad. |
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| − | |style="text-align:left"|- | + | |style="text-align:left"|[http://www.laptop-battery.org/batterytips.html|'''Battery Tips'''] |
| − | |style="text-align:left"| | + | |style="text-align:left"|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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Revision as of 12:30, 25 February 2010
Batteries are an expensive component of any portable device, even more so when they go bad. Some information on their care, handling, and replacement is important. Lets explore.
| CMOS Battery | CMOS is short for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. CMOS is an on-board chip powered by a CMOS battery. The CMOS stores information such as the system time and system settings for your computer. |
| [Battery Types] | In Laptops, CMOS batteries are either button type mounted on the motherboard or plug wired. |
| Laptop CMOS | A CMOS battery can be bad, but can be masked by a charged laptop battery. Disconnecting the laptop battery and allowing the system to sit un-powered for a short period of time after the system time / date has been set or verified is the key. Reconnect the battery, plug in system power, and if the system time is incorrect, the CMOS battery is bad. |
| 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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