[lug] BIOS help

Zan Lynx zlynx at acm.org
Thu Oct 25 10:19:25 MDT 2007


On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 07:51 -0600, Adams, Scott (FGWA-CO) wrote:
> Also I cannot find a battery or info about one, do all computers have
> a removable CMOS battery??

No.  Some systems use a capacitor to maintain the CMOS, especially
systems that expect to never lose power for very long.  Like laptops.  A
laptop almost always has its main battery installed, and a laptop
battery could power a CMOS for decades.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
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