Hello all,

I've recently obtained an NEC 9012 and the RTC was dead (socketed at least...) so I modded one with a battery and installed it. Didn't work. I eventually pulled a GW-12887-1 out of a 386 that needs a lot more work, and put it in. I was able to boot after the setup info was put in (Phoenix BIOS) but it just WON'T remember the details. I put the same GW-12887-1 into a DEC (also a very similar BIOS, Phoenix as well) and it works and keeps that computer's data.

Yes, the battery has 2.9v in it... Any ideas as to why the NEC specifically isn't holding any of the CMOS data?

Thanks,