Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!umd5!mimsy!aplcen!wb3ffv!howardl From: howardl@wb3ffv.UUCP (Howard Leadmon ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Battery Replacement for PC/AT (potential bug) Summary: Does anybody know what the part is ?? Message-ID: <689@wb3ffv.UUCP> Date: 15 Jul 88 16:31:54 GMT References: <11234@emerald.BBN.COM> <1452@spdcc.COM> Distribution: na Organization: Fast Computer Service, Inc. - Middle River, MD Lines: 19 In article <1452@spdcc.COM>, eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) writes: > beware -- some AT clones give the symptoms of bad battery even > though their battery is good. the problem is a buggy motorola > part that made it into lots of AT clones -- it manages to blow out > the CMOS memory on power down occasionally... Hello All, The above mentions a possible BAD part in some AT clones on the market, so now the question is, does anybody know what part this is ?? Also is a replacement part avalible that can be installed to correct the problem. I have seen several machines do this, and always chalked it up to a power line glitch... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP/SMTP : howardl@wb3ffv | Howard D. Leadmon PACKET : WB3FFV @ W3ITM | Fast Computer Service, Inc. IP Address: 44.60.0.1 | P.O. Box 171 Telephone : (301)-335-2206 | Chase, MD 21027-0171