Where should I locate cmos battery
I want to replace cmos battery in my toshiba satellite P205-S8811
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I want to replace cmos battery in my toshiba satellite P205-S8811
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Toshiba laptops are a wildcard. They have used "buried" primary batteries (must fully disassemble the notebook), and some are easy (such as my like mom's old L755 (this was cheap junk, I'm glad it kicked the bucket) where it was under the RAM door. Others (Read: low-cost new, often "disposable"; these were unserviceable by design) use the soldered CMOS battery :-(. It makes CMOS battery repairs a complete PITA.
This variation is why the expert response is this:
This one has a soldered CMOS battery -- not an easy DIY job! If you want to do this, you need a tabbed battery (or a battery and spot welder to transfer the tabs), and make sure it isn't rechargeable. On some of these, the cell is "rechargeable" rather than a "primary" battery like the socketed ones. If the motherboard expects a rechargeable one and it's replaced with a non-rechargeable primary, it will explode. This was a routine issue with Toshiba for years.
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