Is the ‘backup battery’ in the IBM think Pad the same as a CMOS battery?
keith100_adams asked:
My IBM thinkpad has a small round lithium battery that is easy to get to. The model is the a20m. Is this battery the same as the CMOS battery onmost deskto computer mother boards?
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My IBM thinkpad has a small round lithium battery that is easy to get to. The model is the a20m. Is this battery the same as the CMOS battery onmost deskto computer mother boards?
January 15th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Yep. Same thing. It’s so that you can take the main battery off without losing your BIOS settings and such.