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Changing CMOS battery

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First post, by starhubble

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Hi! Noob question here. Sorry.

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That metal pin holding down the battery, am I supposed to just bend it up or lift it off somehow? Don’t want to break anything and tried googling first. Thanks!

Reply 1 of 4, by majestyk

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Don´t bend!
The battery has to be slided to the side carefully - like a piece of soap out of the shower tub - until it´s released by the bracket.

Reply 2 of 4, by Woody72

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What majestyk said. You need to push the battery from the side opposite the open side and the battery will ride up over the edge of the holder and out from under the metal clip.

Modern PC: i7-9700KF, 16GB memory, RTX 3060. Proper PC: Pentium 200 MMX, 128MB EDO memory, GeForce2 MX(200).

Reply 3 of 4, by starhubble

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Thanks! Went well. 😀

Reply 4 of 4, by skyfoxxp

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In the case you accenditally bend the pin, you can use some aluminum foil folded multiple times to add some width between the battery and the pin and make a very good electrical contact. It works very well...