I've got a 7 year old Lenovo Thinkpad x230 and my gf has the same year Dell Inspiron. Thinking of replacing the CMOS batteries. They both work just fine after replacing spinning rust with SSDs. The ...

PCs have a battery on the motherboard that provides the Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor with a minimal amount of power, even when unplugged. This CMOS battery lets the system clock keep ...

Some web browsing tells me that it's likely that the CMOS battery has a lifespan of around 10 years and that could be the issue here.<BR><BR>Before I replace the battery, is there something else I ...