First post, by Malik
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Just wondering, how many of you are using a motherboard without the coin-battery socket?
How are you managing the CMOS without it?
Anyone still using an external battery? If so, is it possible able to show how it is being managed? Anyone using a custom home-made external battery connection? (Any pictures are appreciated.)
There's supposed to be a built-in battery on the board if there's no coin-battery socket. I forgot the actual name of it. But, doesn't this battery reserve get depleted of it's charges? If yes, how's the workaround?
And finally, a single hypothetical comment....what will the world be for a vintage pc collector/maker, just in case the world has come to form a new battery technology, and the industry has come to stop the production of the coin battery, in lieu of the new battery form...so what will happen to the rest of us? Is it a CMOS boot nightmare for us? Do we have to set the CMOS everytime we boot? Is there a possible workaround for this?
Though not necessary, I've bought a whole strip of the CR2032 batteries. (Exp. date 2015) 😁
Thanks!