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    CMOS battery on Sager 9260 or Clevo D9C (D901C)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by chupacabra31, Jul 22, 2011.

  1. chupacabra31

    chupacabra31 Notebook Enthusiast

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    There any guides to pulling the CMOS battery on this notebook?

    I have inherited this laptop from my uncle who passed away in 2010, however it has a bios password and no way to retrieve it from his estate, surviving Aunt and Dad are clueless.

    I got as far as uncovering everything on the back including pulling out hdd's, but case would not pull apart easily. Not wanting to break it, I just backed off.

    I would like to resell it as I really don't have a use for it, but wont get very far if I can't get into the laptop to wipe the hdd.

    Thanks so much in advance for any ideas you can provide.
     
    chupacabra31, Jul 22, 2011
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  2. Epsilon748

    Epsilon748 Notebook Evangelist

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    Here's a link to the service manual for that model

    D900C_ESM.zip
     
    Epsilon748, Jul 22, 2011
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  3. chupacabra31

    chupacabra31 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow! Thank-you so much!! :)
     
    chupacabra31, Jul 22, 2011
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  4. Loren Pechtel

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    I'm another user with a D9C, I just have a dead CMOS battery that needs replacement. I've looked through that manual, from it I can conclude there's a connector on the motherboard that goes to the battery and a bit of circuitry but no instructions at all on what's needed to get to the battery.
     
    Loren Pechtel, Nov 30, 2014
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  5. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ive got a m860tu from the same era with a dead cmos battery. its somewhere under the keyboard but ive not bothered to change it as i just reset the clock/date each day which only takes a few seconds.

    as long as it boots up you can still wipe the hard drive. i use dban

    thing is if you sell it will you be putting an operating system back on it or not or just sell it for parts.

     
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  6. Loren Pechtel

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    I'm not planning on selling it, I figure at some point my wife's Skype machine will give up the ghost and she'll want it. Going into the BIOS and resetting the boot order every time it loses line power is beyond her, though.
     
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    only going by what you said in your first post.
     
    MrDJ, Nov 30, 2014
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  8. Loren Pechtel

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    I'm not the original poster, it's just I had basically the same problem.
     
    Loren Pechtel, Nov 30, 2014
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