On 04/23/14 23:47, Michael Hennebry wrote: <<>>
I'd already got the battery out. My apologies for the delay in the announcement.
not a problem here. i enjoyed the bellow listed search that i ran.
An hour or two ago I replaced said battery with one scavenged from the dead body of its predecessor. Success. I've ascertained that the motherboard retains time between power plug-pullings.
some mainboards have a capacitor paralleled with battery to allow quick change with out loss of cmos settings. i have even seen some mainboards with a small tubular shaped 'instrument' type lithium cell to maintain voltage while button battery is changed.
glad to hear you have battery changed.
i did some more searching after my last post to thread and i would have replied with it, had i not had to go 'out an bout'.
this is what i found, and which i had found last night.
i ran another ixquick.com search and this time i changed search term to just "cmos battery holder".
from this new search, i found a link which led to a page at;
where, after several attempts, lead to page;
https://blekko.com/#?q=cmos+battery+holder
which shows 6 views of battery holders to right side of page. a middle click on group at top left, lead to;
https://blekko.com/#?q=cmos%20battery%20holder&images=1
where top left pic shows similar holder to what you show. a middle click on pic lead to;
http://www.componex-electronics.com/files/BatteryHolderCR2032.jpg
from which i got a firm understanding of mechanics of holder.
next i found another link to a pic of above holder mounted to a pcb that gives better understanding of how tab locates to battery;
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/img/battery_upright.jpg
from this, i how can see how tab is moved in direction of battery + side to allow battery removal.
so, does all this confirm what you found?