johnnydicamillo
Experienced Member
For some reason I was not raptured however I think I CMOS Battery in my IBM 5160 XT was. When I turn it on, it counts all 640k of ram and the it checks the floppy drive and then it makes 2 long beeps then says "ERROR" "Resume = F1", I am not familiar with these old vintage machines since I am a 14 yr old of the new generation where everything is a no brainer with computers. So I was thinking that it might a have a dead CMOS battery considering the computers is like 20 plus years old and the life span of the CMOS battery is usually 5 - 10 years. If this is the case then would I have to find or buy a new CMOS battery? Also how would I go about installing it on the motherboard because I believe it was soldered on the main system board. Would I just have to unsolder the old one and solder the new one? Or could I make something like a external CMOS battery that would work? Or is the CMOS battery on this computer not even on the main system board?, because I remember hearing that some computers had it installed somewhere else not necessarily on the main system board. Any Help would be great.
Thank You.
*P.S. I do not have my keyboard yet so I can not continue any further than this right now.
Thank You.
*P.S. I do not have my keyboard yet so I can not continue any further than this right now.