Correct battery for K7S5A?

I suspect that my (CMOS) battery in my K7S5A is going; I've had Windows XP
freeze solid roughly once a day for the last several days. The CPU Fan
Speed, System Temp, and CPU Temp all seem reasonable so I'm guessing it's
the battery.

I'd like to go out and buy the replacement without first opening the case
but I can't find anything in the manual for the motherboard that says what
battery to use. Can someone tell me what battery I need or where to look for
the answer. I've tried googling and asking a friend with the same
motherboard but I have three different answers so far so I don't know what
to believe any more.

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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:16:40 -0400 Humanity I love.It's just people
who **** me off ;-) "Rhino" <> wrote :

>I suspect that my (CMOS) battery in my K7S5A is going; I've had Windows XP
>freeze solid roughly once a day for the last several days. The CPU Fan
>Speed, System Temp, and CPU Temp all seem reasonable so I'm guessing it's
>the battery.
>
>I'd like to go out and buy the replacement without first opening the case
>but I can't find anything in the manual for the motherboard that says what
>battery to use. Can someone tell me what battery I need or where to look for
>the answer. I've tried googling and asking a friend with the same
>motherboard but I have three different answers so far so I don't know what
>to believe any more.

Any decent 2032.Duracell are good.You can get them
from,"WallMart/Staples".
HTH



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"Shep©" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:16:40 -0400 Humanity I love.It's just people
> who **** me off ;-) "Rhino" <> wrote :
>
> >I suspect that my (CMOS) battery in my K7S5A is going; I've had Windows
XP
> >freeze solid roughly once a day for the last several days. The CPU Fan
> >Speed, System Temp, and CPU Temp all seem reasonable so I'm guessing it's
> >the battery.
> >
> >I'd like to go out and buy the replacement without first opening the case
> >but I can't find anything in the manual for the motherboard that says
what
> >battery to use. Can someone tell me what battery I need or where to look
for
> >the answer. I've tried googling and asking a friend with the same
> >motherboard but I have three different answers so far so I don't know
what
> >to believe any more.
>
> Any decent 2032.Duracell are good.You can get them
> from,"WallMart/Staples".
> HTH
>
Thanks!!

Rhino

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:50:25 -0400 Humanity I love.It's just people
who **** me off ;-) "Rhino" <> wrote :

>
>"Shep©" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:16:40 -0400 Humanity I love.It's just people
>> who **** me off ;-) "Rhino" <> wrote :
>>
>> >I suspect that my (CMOS) battery in my K7S5A is going; I've had Windows
>XP
>> >freeze solid roughly once a day for the last several days. The CPU Fan
>> >Speed, System Temp, and CPU Temp all seem reasonable so I'm guessing it's
>> >the battery.
>> >
>> >I'd like to go out and buy the replacement without first opening the case
>> >but I can't find anything in the manual for the motherboard that says
>what
>> >battery to use. Can someone tell me what battery I need or where to look
>for
>> >the answer. I've tried googling and asking a friend with the same
>> >motherboard but I have three different answers so far so I don't know
>what
>> >to believe any more.
>>
>> Any decent 2032.Duracell are good.You can get them
>> from,"WallMart/Staples".
>> HTH
>>
>Thanks!!
>
>Rhino
>

If it don't fix it you may have to use an O/B BIOS and pump up to
138/138.This usually fixes the lost CMOS/BIOS reset.
Check here,
http://p199.ezboard.com/bk7s5amotherboardforum
Daft as it is the old K7S5A runs better at these speeds :P
Can help with BIOS update as well.See sig for email



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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:50:25 -0400 Humanity I love.It's just people
who **** me off ;-) "Rhino" <> wrote :

>
>"Shep©" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:16:40 -0400 Humanity I love.It's just people
>> who **** me off ;-) "Rhino" <> wrote :
>>
>> >I suspect that my (CMOS) battery in my K7S5A is going; I've had Windows
>XP
>> >freeze solid roughly once a day for the last several days. The CPU Fan
>> >Speed, System Temp, and CPU Temp all seem reasonable so I'm guessing it's
>> >the battery.
>> >
>> >I'd like to go out and buy the replacement without first opening the case
>> >but I can't find anything in the manual for the motherboard that says
>what
>> >battery to use. Can someone tell me what battery I need or where to look
>for
>> >the answer. I've tried googling and asking a friend with the same
>> >motherboard but I have three different answers so far so I don't know
>what
>> >to believe any more.
>>
>> Any decent 2032.Duracell are good.You can get them
>> from,"WallMart/Staples".
>> HTH
>>
>Thanks!!
>
>Rhino
>



If it don't fix it you may have to use an O/C(Overclock) BIOS and pump
up to
138/138.This usually fixes the lost CMOS/BIOS reset.
Check here,
http://p199.ezboard.com/bk7s5amotherboardforum
Daft as it is the old K7S5A runs better at these speeds :P
Can help with BIOS update as well.See sig for email





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"Rhino" <> wrote in message
news:%Dl2d.21173$ ...
| I suspect that my (CMOS) battery in my K7S5A is going; I've had
Windows XP
| freeze solid roughly once a day for the last several days. The CPU
Fan
| Speed, System Temp, and CPU Temp all seem reasonable so I'm guessing
it's
| the battery.
|
| I'd like to go out and buy the replacement without first opening the
case
| but I can't find anything in the manual for the motherboard that
says what
| battery to use. Can someone tell me what battery I need or where to
look for
| the answer. I've tried googling and asking a friend with the same
| motherboard but I have three different answers so far so I don't
know what
| to believe any more.
|


I really don't think a bad battery will cause freezeups. It might
cause loss of the real time clock accuracy or cause loss of CMOS
settings, but if the system does not complain about CMOS checksum
errors on power up, then the battery is probably ok. BTW, Vbat is the
battery voltage, what does CMOS setup report?
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"Kylesb" <> wrote in message
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> "Rhino" <> wrote in message
> news:%Dl2d.21173$ ...
> | I suspect that my (CMOS) battery in my K7S5A is going; I've had
> Windows XP
> | freeze solid roughly once a day for the last several days. The CPU
> Fan
> | Speed, System Temp, and CPU Temp all seem reasonable so I'm guessing
> it's
> | the battery.
> |
> | I'd like to go out and buy the replacement without first opening the
> case
> | but I can't find anything in the manual for the motherboard that
> says what
> | battery to use. Can someone tell me what battery I need or where to
> look for
> | the answer. I've tried googling and asking a friend with the same
> | motherboard but I have three different answers so far so I don't
> know what
> | to believe any more.
> |
>
>
I agree with what Kyle said about a bad battery and what you'd likely
experience.

K7S5A ships with a very low quality battery, KTS. The battery the board
takes is a CR2032 (if you open your case and take it out you will see for
sure). They cost $3 at Radio Shack and actually say Toshiba, Panasonic,
Sony, etc., on them. It doesn't hurt to change it out just for piece of
mind, knowing you won't have a related problem for years.

Heat is what might normally cause your freezing problem. Have you installed
anything or done updates recently?