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Problems with external battery for 286 motherboard

DennisDC

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I rigged together an external battery pack to try to save the CMOS settings on my 286 motherboard.

Basically I'm using a speaker cable attached to 2x CR2032 batteries, and according to my voltmeter it provides 3.6 volts, which should be enough to save some of the settings?.

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However when I attach it to my 286 and leave the computer on, and shut it down and restart right away it it saves the settings but if I keep it shut down for 20 minutes and then restart it does not appear to save any of the CMOS settings.

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From reading some other posts it appears I'm either screwing something up, or I need more juice, any advice ?
 
2xCR2032 in series should produce about 6+ volts. What are you doing? Parallel CR2032s don't make sense for a less than 1 ma drain.

Are you certain that the polarity is correct?
 
2xCR2032 in series should produce about 6+ volts. What are you doing? Parallel CR2032s don't make sense for a less than 1 ma drain.

Are you certain that the polarity is correct?

When you say polarity do you mean the cable are connected incorrectly ?
 
I used a different cell coin battery holder and now it "works" I'm using a single CR2032s battery (3V)
 
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