hollandusa
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the battery is and was needed for the CMOS. Why was it put on the motherboard and no langer accessible from the back of a computer?
Probably because companies wanted you to buy a new computer long before the battery became flat and would have required a replacement.the battery is and was needed for the CMOS. Why was it put on the motherboard and no langer accessible from the back of a computer?
I have a no-slot Dallas 1216 piggyback RTC which says this is completely untrue. The potted cells will eventually corrode and expand enough to rupture the resin. I keep one on my desk as a demonstration of this. They don't leak anywhere near as much as the larger batteries, but they do.As annoying as they were, the Dallas batteries at least didn't leak.