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changing 2032 battery help

angela2095
angela2095 Posts: 336 Forumite
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Hi, I have a packard bell desktop about 4 yrs old. About 5 months ago I had to take it to a computer repairman because windows would load. There was just a black screen with writing came up and at the bottom it said battery was low. Anyway, he replaced the battery and cleaned out the machine. The thing is, this new battery only lasted about 5 months before the same thing happened again. This time I bought replacement batterys and my partner changed it. All was up and running however this battery has only lasted 2 weeks! Anyone know wharts going on? Thanks
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  • ukmarine1
    ukmarine1 Posts: 32 Forumite
    when the case is shut is the battery going into sleepmode when it is closed some do automatically
  • ukmarine1
    ukmarine1 Posts: 32 Forumite
    look here http://www.laptopbatterydepot.com/problems.asp#charge
  • zax47
    zax47 Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    edited 7 February 2010 at 2:45PM
    Hmmm.... so you missed this in the 1st line then?

    "Hi, I have a packard bell desktop "

    It's the motherboard back-up battery that keeps failing. Maybe the motherboard has a fault which keeps draining it. The battery only really keeps the clock and other settings going so not much current drain on it normally, it should last for years.
  • sunshine54
    sunshine54 Posts: 400 Forumite
    the op is referring to the motherboard 2032 coin cell not the laptop battery
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    you may have some dodgy cr2032 batteries. ive seen em lots of times. try another source.
    or the motherboard may be goosed. PB were never a quality parts/build PC.
    Get some gorm.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    What is the exact message? Is it losing the time and settings?
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  • angela2095
    angela2095 Posts: 336 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi, Its not really a message as such. Just a black page with white writing on, sorry really havent got a clue with computers! At the bottom it then says battery low. It says press F8 etc but when I tried to do this nothing worked. It only loaded windows when the battery was changed. After changing the battery I have to then change the time settings after windows has loaded. Thanks
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 7 February 2010 at 4:31PM
    Was it a cheapo one, or branded with a date on it, they normally last 5 years

    It should work without a battery, but will lose the time/date and hard disk settings, which can be changed manually in the bios.
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  • angela2095
    angela2095 Posts: 336 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    it was an energizer 2032 expires jul 2017!
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    Is it seated correctly?
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