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The CMOS battery is not a "free" coin battery in my laptop--it is a battery wrapped in plastic with a plug coming out of it. The plug plugs into the motherboard. I think the motherboard is getting voltage from the CMOS, because when I measured the voltage of the CMOS battery, I actually took the...

Thank you for your thorough reply. The problem is the same regardless of whether I am running on the battery or have the battery disconnected and am running on AC. I believe the BIOS chip is soldered on (I don't see anything that looks like a socketed chip), and I'm definitely not experienced...

Hello all, I have a Dell Latitude laptop, about 9 years old. Two or three weeks ago, I started having trouble when trying to boot. I would push the power button, the power light would come on for maybe 10 seconds, then go off with no boot, no fan spin, no back light--nothing. I tried removing...