How do I take my IBM Thinkpad 380D apart?  I need to change the CMOS battery?
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Here is a PDF document (pretty large 8MB) where you can find this information. Look on page 60.\nhttp://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=PFAN-3TJKLN\n\nIt's pretty simple\n1. Power off the computer and unplug the AC adapter from the computer\n2. Turn the computer upside down\n3. Remove the DIMM cover, the CMOS battery is just beside the RAM module\n4. Make sure the Plus side is on top when replacing
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Try opening the time/date,,while you've got it open tap the space bar a few times..If this don't help then your CMOS battery is going bad.
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For future reference, as soon as any computer device gets wet - REMOVE POWER and BATTERY ! \n If you have manual, remove battery and harddrive. There is a 40 pin IDE ( with 5V, GG, 12V adapter) to 44 pin laptop adapter available at most computer stores. This allows you to jumper your laptop drive as a SLAVE on a working computer ( Desktop), and just transfere the files. This assumes that the Desktop is newer and using the same or newer version of Operating System ( OS), ie win98, win2000, winME, winXP, etc.\n Leaving the battery in a wet machine allows the voltages to continually cook the chips. If you have the time, you can go online and look for technical diagrams on the laptop, and start taking it apart, carefully. If you clean the areas that were shorted with coffee, dry, and re-assemble, you have a "chance" that you can repair the thing... Most people do not have the tools or the patience to do this, but it is entirely possible to do.\n Putting the laptop drive in another laptop is a bad way to try to get files copied, since the new laptop will boot on the old hardware system files, and be very mixed up- the modem, the ethernet, the CD, and even the display with probably not work properly.... so what do you copy the files to???\n Since you now have nothing and nothing, putting the drive in a working desktop, using the adapter ( usuually a green circuitboard with two connectors on the ends ), is the best bet.\n Then work on getting the old laptop going. Take it apart slowly, and stick all screws to a piece of paper, numbering them, and putting little masking tape numbers where they go.\n good luck.
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All you have to do is go out and buy a new one because most likely the battery you got come just be a sample like mine was in my dell inspiron B120 or dell just could have gave you a weak battery like my brothers. So just go out and buy a new one.
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you know how to change the time, from control pannel, regional settings, then you try the bios battery, change the bios battery. see it helps or not, and dosent matter as the batter is less than rs 15. so get it easily. less than a dollar.
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The easiest way  is to enter BIOS. this is usually done by hitting the F1, F2, ESC or DEL key (some laptops even require a combination of keys such as CTRL F1) If you can't do this, for example you've messed up your settings so bad that it doesn't start anymore you will have to remove the battery(CMOS battery). If you choose to do so remember to not only unplug thue power cord but also remove the laptop's own power supply the battery(not the CMOS one). Once you've located the CMOS battery remove it and wait a while. Then plug everything back in and boot. \n\nPS if you don't have experience with hardware and laptop hardware in particular don't try opening it in your own
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http://www.toshiba.com/tai-new/BuyDirect.jsp\nHere it says how to contact them. \nAlso, i have an IBM, and my sister has a toshiba. We get a new battery by looking at the back of our old boxes for the notebooks. They usually have some sort of slip/form instructions about getting a new battery.
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Yes, pull the Motherboard battery for a few minutes.\n\nOnce the charge drains, your MB should be back at it's factory defaults.\n\nResponse to question: \nOnly the BIOS is affected.  Nothing on your hard drive is touched.  If you made some tweaks to your BIOS you will need to make them again, since any tweaks (along with the BIOS password) will be lost when the battery is removed.
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The part number is on the top of the battery, so yeah... open 'er up and take a look.  You might need to just take the battery out and show it to them, but that'll clear your CMOS settings for the BIOS.  If that isn't a problem for you, go for it.
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1.  Disconnect the battery physically from the laptop - let it discharge for a few minutes.\n 2.  Put the battery back into the laptop.\n 3.  Boot up laptop and charge battery.\n 4.  Shut down laptop and unplug adapter from wall and laptop.\n 5.  Boot up laptop\nIf the battery does not maintain a charge at this point, it's probably a goner and needs replaced if you would like to do work independently of a power adapter.
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Time to scrap that junk out dude! This is the 21st century! That unit came out just a little after the abacus! Seriously though, you need to replace the cmos battery. Everytime you shut down your bios looses data that would normally be saved. That is what the cmos battery is for.
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i have fixed those connectors before.\nits not real easy to get to one of those.\none must take everthing off the motherboard, then, pull the motherboard.\nthe connector will need to be reseated and soldered back on.\nputting a laptop back together can be hair raising
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change ur motherboard battery( cell that will be just like in a scientific calculator and set the date once again) it never goes wrong until the power of the battery or the cell is good
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LOL that battery does suck doesn't it??? I own one also but as long as you are happy with the laptop then go http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/adet.to?poid=294716&seg=HHO&coid=-26627&rcid=-26363&ccid=1291043\nThis is a direct replacement from Toshiba that has almost twice the capacity.
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Sounds to me like the voltage switch if you mean the little red one that looks like the one in this picture:\nhttp://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Y67VN\n\nThat will require a trip to a computer store and likely some new hardware. Possibly just the power supply ($50 or so) but perhaps much more; like the motherboard/CPU and RAM. The PSU probably got more voltage than it should have and the 'magic smoke' that makes it work leaked out.\n\nGood luck.
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You can replace it yourself but, the process is pretty involved for a novice person. If you have a lot of experience working with desktops and electronics you will have no problem.\nYou pretty much have to take the entire laptop apart in order to get to the fan. I've done this many times and it takes 20-30 minutes. \nThe PDF below from IBM explains how to remove and replace anything on the laptop in pretty good detail.\nIf you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself there are several sellers on ebay.com who will replace the part for $50 + shipping.\nGood luck.
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if you have a laptop it is a bit more involved. there is still a motherboard battery that is separate than the main power battery. bios can be purged in much the same way as described above by removing the battery, however you will need to gain access to the motherboard. you will need to go the the computers manufacturer and request a "Tear-down Guide" for your model of computer, open up the laptop in the manner described and than you may remove the battery. now unless you have done this before, powering up the system can be difficult. my recommendation is with both the motherboard battery and the main battery disconnected try to find the power button and press it. this should drain residual power from the board and erase bios. put it back together and you should be good to go. \n\nif this procedure makes you nervous please contact your local computer tech and have him do it.