[Tfug] Battery replacement

[Dennis McCormick]

I replaced one once with power on. You must be careful with static
discharge, not to let the old or replacement battery slip out of your
fingers and short somewhere, avoid touching other components or
rotating fans and not mechanically shock the rotating hard drive. Only
use your fingers or non-conducting tools to remove the old battery.
You can keep one hand on the metal chassis to discharge static. Touch
that chassis first before anything else.

Good luck and have steady hands!

Dennis McCormick

On 2/22/06, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
> I don't think it'd be a good idea to do it while the motherboard is on -
> I've always had teh power off (safety?) when I've done it.  Maybe someone
> else could shed some light about that..
>
> -Chris
>
> On 2/22/06, erich <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:
> >
> > I have an old Dell pentium 120 machine that's losing time. In other
> > words, the battery that holds the CMOS memory trace is weakening
> > to the point that the hardware clock slips counts when the machine
> > is powered off.
> >
> > Can these things be replaced? If so, can the motherboard remain
> > powered up while you're replacing the battery?
> >
> >
> > Erich
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