CMOS Battery

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I have an "elderly" Windows 7 system that I keep up to date in case of problems with my other PCs. I've now found that on this system the clock keeps going back to 2010 when I turn the PC off. Looking on Google it seems as though the battery on the mother board could have failed.

Has anyone on here ever replaced a CMOS battery, is it simple?
 
Depends how its fitted, some just pop out like a watch, I have had one that was soldered in but that was in a very old laptop.
Take the case apart and have a look
 
Most use a coin battery, possibly a CR2032, piece of cake to replace, pop the lid off, it should be easily visible
 
yeah usually as folk say a coin battery on old machines, if you can find out the model number it will be on youtube
 
Neil, Chris, Paul, thanks for all the help. I wish everything to do with computers was as easy. It was a CR2032 battery and luckily I had a new one in the house.
 
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