# Laptop BIOS battery

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/laptop-bios-battery/112694>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 10, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/laptop-bios-battery/112694 "2004-06-10T13:42:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![koorb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/koorb/32/424_2.png) [@koorb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/koorb)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/laptop-bios-battery/112694/1 "2004-06-10T13:42:07Z")

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My friend has a old laptop (just about runs windows 98) but every time it starts up it asks her for the time and date. I am assuming this is due to the mainboard battery being dead, if its the same as a PC!?. Can I just buy one of those little round battery’s for it? and what’s the most common way of getting into older laptops? — I don’t want to break it :-/

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/laptop-bios-battery/112694/2 "2004-06-16T15:09:38Z")

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Some laptops dont have a reset jumper, you may just need to replace the battery. What brand/model is the laptop?

Cheers!  
-Niann