Gee thanks, Intel, for using a CMOS battery with spot welded tabs to a connector instead of a coin cell holder, and adhering it to one of the shields on the board so strongly that removing the battery tore the shield off the board. Yes, thank you for that! That's a wonderful way of putting a CMOS battery in a little computer.
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in reply to Miakoda • •The worst part about the ones with welded on tabs is the price, outfuckinrageous. Some years ago at work, I found that all the laptops we had were draining the CMOS battery once the main battery died while they were in suspend-to-ram. The cost of replacing hundreds of em would have been ridiculous so we bought em in cheap packs of two. As you can see from the pictures, I fashioned me a make-shift spot welder from a large 12V battery and 15P power cord, tore all the tabs off the old ones, put some heatshrink on the new batteries and had myself a sufficiently fun day. Sharpening the prongs and bending em close together is all it took to get perfect welds nearly every time. Just a quick rocking of the plug from one side to the other, super easy.
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