The CMOS battery is located on your mother board. If you have a techie friend you might ask He/She to help you open up the computer and see which size you will need.
1) Make sure you ground your self before doing this. If you have a metal object close by then just touch it and you will be grounded, or in other words the static electricity on your body will be nulified.
2) Make sure you power down your computer first before you............
3) Open your case up and look for a flat, silver colored battery. Looks like an over sized watch battery but you will only be seeing the very top of it.
4) Have a flash light and a magnifying glass closs by or at least 20/20 vision (which I don't http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif ) and write down the numbers or CAREFULLY remove it, in the newer motherboards there is a little lever that if you push it inwards the battery can be easily removed.
5) Take it down to your nearest computer store (Fry's is mine) and ask a tech person which one you will need. They are VERY affordable, usually under $5.00
6) Get home, pop in the new battery, boot up your computer and you should be good to go.
I would say I agree with Gidget. It's been 5 years, WOW, http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/eek.gif I've had 3 computers in 5 years, so not sure what kind of configuration you have going on in there, but I would think that the CMOS battery should be needing a change at this point!!
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Batteries, required to power your computer's real time clock and to maintain setup or configuration data files during power failure or normal off periods, need to be replaced every few years.
Losing the configuration file memory from a failed battery causes project delays, lost work time and major inconveniences. These problems can be avoided through preventative maintenance. You should replace the computer clock battery on a routine basis on your next service call before the problems start.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Here is an address to a page of information that should furter help you to understand:
Computer_Hope.com
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