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First post, by dekkit

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I have a dead 3.5v CMOS battery soldered into a "socket 3" SBC style motherboard.

Would be safe to replace it with a battery cell holder and then use more common 3v batteries?

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Brand:
Keeper, LTC-7PN
3.5v
750mAH

Note
- it is a long life lithium battery (i believe designed for industrial gear hence the high mAH), these ones appear to be non rechargable from a quick google (unless im mistaken)
- curious if cmos batteries from this era support a range of voltages (i seen 3v to 6v mentioned somewhere)

If this has already been answered please direct me to the relevant post (as i couldnt find).

Reply 1 of 1, by dekkit

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In case anyone finds this via search, a few experiments answered it here:
Help with mapping out a Single Board Computer (SBC) - 486-DX2-80 - Innovative Technologies, Houston, Texas

In short, yes you can keep cmos settings alive with a 3v battery cell.

I wired one to the external battery pins on the mainboard and it now works great.