Re: [OT?]Re: pc doesn't start

[Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>]

owens@netptc.net wrote:
> > > > HTH
> > > >
> > > > Wackojacko
> > > Those "coin batteries" are typically 2025's or 2032's, and are quite
> > > common.  In the US, Wal*Mart carries them.  Elsewhere, try the local
> > > Wal*Mart equivalent, e.g. Tesco, or Radio Shack, or the local
> > computer 
> > > parts store should have some.  Some are lithium, some are alkaline,
> > it 
> > > really doesn't matter, they are fairly cheap either way.  I keep
> > some on 
> > > hand, not only do my computers use them, but the car "zapper" 
> > > locker/unlocker uses them, and so does my blood sugar test meter.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Allums
>
> I would be very surprised if the BIOS battery is alkaline.  Alkaline
> batteries do have a characteristic that the voltage gradually drops
> as the battery dies; on the other hand Li batteries usually hold
> their voltage until they die at which point the voltage drops to near
> zero.
> Larry

They are available both ways.

Mark Allums