Mine's actually a Lenovo, and their documentation only mentions
recharging the backup battery. It seems I got the only model they
offer that doesn't use a coin cell for BIOS backup.

Contacting support is next up after a midterm or two.

On 10/25/06, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
> Randy Glenn wrote:
>
> > It seems that Ubuntu Linux - which I ran from a CD - has a problem
> > with certain Dell laptops wherein something is written to the RTC that
> > stops it from being a clock anymore. I'm thinking I've got the same
> > issue.
> >
> > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=149565
> >
> > The new problem becomes resetting the BIOS on this notebook - it has
> > no visible backup battery, and leaving it unplugged and without main
> > battery for ~8h did nothing.
> >
> > So at last a reason. Now all I need is a solution.
>
> Have you consulted Dell documentation and/or support?
>
> Gerhard
>
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