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Hi

Would anyone be kind enough to post me a link to an idiots guide to change the CMOS battery in my HP G62 laptop?

I am worried about opening the wrong bit :TongueOut:

Many thanks

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Hi,

 

Can you post back with the full Model No. and Product No. of your G62 series notebook - see Here for a guide on locating this information.

 

Regards,

 

DP-K

 

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Thank you

product no is WM954EA#ABU

MODEL G62 -107SA

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Hi,

 

The CMOS ( RTC ) battery is not easy to replace in your notebook - the full procedure is detailed starting on Page 84 of your Maintenance & Service Guide.

 

Are you certain you need to replace this?  The reason I ask is because HP notebooks can display an error like '601 Primary Internal Battery Low' - this error, although it sounds like it should refer to the RTC battery actually refers to the notebooks main battery.

 

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No, Im not sure, but the date and time are not changing anymore.  When this happens, notebook goes into free fall, after about 20 mins work - pages freeze and flash between each other,  Had bad malware issues, now sorted and only problem left is time/date not changing that then leads to this meltdown.  Am not getting error msgs about either battery, but main battery seems fine.  Machine is about 4 years old.

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Hi,

 

Just so that I'm certain on this, do you mean the date and time in the Bios keeps resetting?

 

Regards,

 

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Sorry, don't know what you mean by Bios.  It's the date and time that sit in the bottom right of my screen that don't change, don't keep up, like a regular clock whose battery is failing.

 

Just looked at p84,:smileysurprised: does look complicated! Not sure I'm brave enough, though i've got to do something!

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Hi,

 

Shut down the notebook.  Tap away at the esc key as soon as you start the notebook to enter the Start-up Menu, then select f10 to enter the Bios Menu. 

 

 

Do both the time and the date look correct?

 

To exit the bios menu, press esc.

 

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no! its wrong on there too

system time 18:39:11

system date 08/14/2013

 

does this mean that I do have to perform open heart surgery?

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Hi,

 

Go back into the Bios menu and set the correct date and time ( use the arrow keys and enter to navigate ) - when done, press f10 and save the new setings.

 

Start-up and shutdown the notebook a few times before going back into the bios menu and checking if the date and time are still correct.

 

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