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Old January 16th 13, 07:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Default Location of CMOS Battery in HP Pavilion N3390 Laptop

"Paul" wrote:

I think the socket is on the solder side of the motherboard. The board
is probably double sided. Two passes through a soldering machine.


I agree with you that the battery bracket is probably on the underside
of the mobo but the photo that I found makes it appear there is
something over that corner of the mobo (a black sheet appears over
there). I can't tell from the photo if the black cover is just some
flexible insulating sheet, hard plastic (maybe part of the case), or a
black-painted metal shield.

What I haven't seen is an access or cover plate on the underside of the
case to let the user get to that area of the mobo. That means the OP
will have to dismantle the case to get at that part of the mobo. While
that's a pain, hopefully from your pic the OP won't have to also get the
mobo out of the case.
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