Laptop Batteries

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Comme,

On 18 July 2017 at 09:03, Comme ci comme ca <icilememe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has a failing (external) battery caused BIOS failure for you? The only
> message I get is "system failure; replace system disk". Let us factor out
>
Is the battery you are referring to the CMOS battery that is typically
somewhere on the motherboard? The only problem I've found with a failing
CMOS battery is that the date and time are wrong. But once you've logged in
I would have thought Linux would have updated the date and time anyway.

BW,


Ian

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