RE: motherboard battery
Motherboard batteries are generally expected to last up to 10 years. I
have a 386 motherboard with the original battery and the clock still
clicks perfectly while turned off. That's roughly 15 years old, or maybe
even more!
Michael Turcotte
Information Systems
City of North Bay
200 McIntyre St. E
PO Box 360
North Bay, Ontario
P1B 8H8
Mike.Turcotte@cityofnorthbay.ca
http://www.cityofnorthbay.ca
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Rippl [mailto:a.rippl@gmx.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:40 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: motherboard battery
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 09:12:53AM +0100, john gennard wrote:
> > The boxes I have are all self built and I rarely
> > upgrade the cpu and motherboards.
> >
> > One mobo is 5 years old and another almost 4.
> >
> > I've never had a battery fail and wonder how long
> > I can expect one to last. I realise there are lots
> > of factors involved, but am curious about the experiences
> > of others. I don't leave my machines on permanently
> > and generally switch on/off three times a day and have
> > each off for a total of 18 hours.
> >
> > John.
> >
> >
> >
> I have a PIII 450 (main machine) and a K6-2 450 (backup) that see a
> similar usage pattern to yours, both on the first battery. I guess,
> though, that this still makes me a noob as far as battery life
> goes...
>
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