I recently picked up two Micron Millennia Transport laptops. I believe they are referred to as "Micron Millennia Transport P133"s because Micron released a slightly newer version called the Transport XPE with a Pentium MMX 166 MHz processor. Besides picking them both up for a decent price, I've run into a problem. One of them has a fried power board which renders it unusable but the other one powers on perfectly. The only issue is that the CMOS battery is dead and it's one of those laptops where if the CMOS battery is dead, it forgets everything including HDD type, CD-ROM, etc.

I decided to open the dead Transport up but I didn't find any CMOS battery anywhere. I literally tore everything out of the chassis but I couldn't find anything that resembled a CMOS battery. I've replaced plenty of them in the past but I have no idea where the battery could be.

Both laptops came with all their accessories and even a working main battery but it didn't save the CMOS settings after rebooting. I'm at my wits end and it's a shame because the one that works is in great shape. Any advice is appreciated.

Have a great rest of your day,
Mercury