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Image of Bottom of Motherboard, HP Pavilion XT155 laptop
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https://www.mynaq.org/hp-compaq-nx90...75-dakt7imb8d4 The board in question has an ALI chipset. Does yours have an ALI chipset or are we on a wild goosechase ? It uses an ALI M1535+ and it has an ATI GPU fitted to it. You can see an RTC battery in this picture, but I can't make out the notation on the battery. There is a button that looks like "Clear CMOS" button nearby. https://www.mynaq.org/image/cache/ca...56-800x600.JPG There's just no warm and fuzzy feeling here, no "positive ID". You have a better idea what's in there than I do. Paul Hi Paul, I don't know at this moment if this board has an ALI chipset. I saved all the images. I don't need to know the battery number, just it's location on the board which seems to be on the bottom of board. Some of the ports (external monitor, serial, parallel) locations seem to match this laptop. I will examine the images very carefully before I make any conclusions. Hi Paul, UPDATE: Thanks to you and that link to the images, which is a MATCH to my laptop, I was able to cut (dremel tool) an openings at the CMOS battery location and remove the battery (ML1220 rechargeable). Note: That "button switch" near battery is a "Reset" (not for clearing CMOS memory). With the battery removed, I am going to wait 24 hours or more for CMOS memory to clear (did that on other HP laptop years ago). I measured the battery voltage, it was around 2 V. Note: CMOS battery may have run down to a low voltage, corrupting CMOS memory. Then charging that battery (AC adapter plugged in (Main battery was defective & removed)) has "sustained" the corrupted CMOS memory. After a day or so, I will hook up wires and use external 3VDC source to see if this laptop will boot up without those 4 short beeps from POST before I install a new battery (have to order one). I am hoping that the CMOS memory became corrupted like it happened on a different model HP I have years ago. Again, Thank You Very Much for your help, John |
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