On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Jean-Pierre HOFER wrote:

> I suspect some low battery problem ("After a long periode where I did not use
> the system" :  the battery could be low, if any); but is there some battery
> backup for the clock etc. on the 5000/xx ?  I was never able to find a
> battery on the 5000/1xx and 5000/xx motherboards. Perhaps some little
> rechargeable battery solded on the board ?

 A lithium battery is embedded into the Dallas DS1287 RTC chip.  It's not
rechargeable -- once it's dead you need to replace the whole chip.

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