PC Mainboard - CMOS Bios Battery Circuit

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RachelAnne
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PC Mainboard - CMOS Bios Battery Circuit

#1 Post by RachelAnne » 27 Dec 2021 04:55

I could imagine the CMOS Bios Battery circuits are quite similar on all recent mainboards.

What does it look like and how does it work?

Background:

My mainboard started draining the bios battery (an ASRock H55M). I inserted a fresh battery with 3.3v. It only measured 2.9V when I removed it, after the PC had been turned off for about 8 hours. While booting, the BIOS is showing the error message "CMOS Setting Wrong" in combination with "CMOS Date/Time Not Set". My suspicion is, that the battery voltage - while being drained by the mainboard - likely dropped below the 2.9V and caused the error.

So started wondering what could have failed and what this circuit would look like.

AntiMember
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Re: PC Mainboard - CMOS Bios Battery Circuit

#2 Post by AntiMember » 27 Dec 2021 10:39

MICROE makes motherboards? .. :shock:
From the center pin CLR CMOS to SIO there is a track. Perhaps through a resistor. 1 or 2 SMD ceramic capacitors are connected to it.
Replace them. Finding an MP schema and boardview program is not that difficult.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sk2rIp ... 87-TR/view

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