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Inspiron 8600 CMOS Battery Replacement

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Tony P.

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May 28, 2010, 6:06:26 AM5/28/10
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Hello,

I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 and noticed that recently the clock has been
losing time.
I would like to replace the cmos battery but cant find any documentation
from Dell that
shows how to do it. I don't even know what type of battery to use. Is there
somewhere
where I could get instructions on how to do this?

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Thanks,
Tony


Christopher Muto

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May 28, 2010, 9:09:03 AM5/28/10
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http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins8500/en/8500/sm/reserve.htm#1123661

Christopher Muto

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May 28, 2010, 9:16:40 AM5/28/10
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ps. it is a w0124 battery. under $15 on ebay.

Tony P.

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May 28, 2010, 12:57:58 PM5/28/10
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I have already seen this article from Dell. Unfortunately, it is describing
a laptop other than the Inspiron 8600. My battery compartment
doesn't have a separate compartment for a cmos battery. I think I have to
get to the motherboard somehow. I couldn't find any compartments
that gave me access to the cmos battery.

Thanks anyway,
Tony

Christopher Muto

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May 28, 2010, 2:14:34 PM5/28/10
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there are two versions of the 8600, one with a parallel port and one
without. if you mention what you have perhaps someone else will try to
help you.

Tony P.

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May 28, 2010, 4:30:19 PM5/28/10
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I have the 8600 without the ports.

Thanks Tony

Pen

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May 28, 2010, 5:13:28 PM5/28/10
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The Dell Docs can be found here for your version.
Unfortunately the diagrams do not show a CMOS battery,
so you'll just have to wing it.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/ins8500/en/8600cr/index.htm

BillW50

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May 30, 2010, 5:29:13 AM5/30/10
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On 5/28/2010 11:57 AM, Tony P. wrote:
> I have already seen this article from Dell. Unfortunately, it is describing
> a laptop other than the Inspiron 8600. My battery compartment
> doesn't have a separate compartment for a cmos battery. I think I have to
> get to the motherboard somehow. I couldn't find any compartments
> that gave me access to the cmos battery.
>
> Thanks anyway,
> Tony

Another place CMOS batteries in laptops are hidden is sometimes right
under the keyboard. Did you try looking under there?

--
Bill
Thunderbird Portable 3.0 (20091130)

Tony P.

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May 31, 2010, 6:13:54 AM5/31/10
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No I haven't tried removing the keyboard.

TM

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May 31, 2010, 3:04:42 PM5/31/10
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"Tony P." <no...@cork.roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:hu025v$qks$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

>The W0124 CMOS/Reserve battery in the Inspiron 8600 is located in the
>battery department--behind a small tabbed swing-open door. It's bottom-left
>as you view the bottom of the case.

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