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    CMOS battery location? Toshiba satellite L350 psld8u-0GH016

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by BNDAZ, Jun 21, 2016.

  1. BNDAZ

    BNDAZ Notebook Enthusiast

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    Getting a cmos battery failure error on an older L350 psld8u-0GH016. is there any way to know the location of this battery to minimize disassembly ?


    thanks !
     
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    redigitt, Sep 3, 2016
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    t456 1977-09-05, 12:56:00 UTC

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    Make sure to desolder it at the pcb side, not where the tabs are spot-soldered to the battery (that needs professional equipment to solder back properly). After that you can either use a new, tabbed CR2032 and solder it back to the pcb or, instead, a CR2032 holder using its wires and make it a replaceable option. Chances are the new cmos battery will outlast the laptop, but it's also useful to have an option to reset the bios to defaults. A lot easier than soldering, at least.
     
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    redigitt, Sep 4, 2016
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