falter
Veteran Member
Hi guys,
I pulled out my old 5170, which of course features a long-dead CMOS battery. Had to re-create the AT Diagnostic disk to get in and set things up so the hard drive would boot again. It's not *too* tedious but it'd be nice to avoid.
I understand which battery I'm looking for.. Part number is 8286121... but haven't had any lucks with links purporting to offer compatible replacements. Anyone know what I could do here? I understand one of the battery leads has a resistor so I assume I can't just rig anything up..
I pulled out my old 5170, which of course features a long-dead CMOS battery. Had to re-create the AT Diagnostic disk to get in and set things up so the hard drive would boot again. It's not *too* tedious but it'd be nice to avoid.
I understand which battery I'm looking for.. Part number is 8286121... but haven't had any lucks with links purporting to offer compatible replacements. Anyone know what I could do here? I understand one of the battery leads has a resistor so I assume I can't just rig anything up..