Is there a place where I can buy a replacement CMOS battery for a notebook (HP Touchsmart Tm2 - 2010 model) in Finland, over the counter? If I order one over the internet it will take days/weeks to arrive so I was wondering if it is possible to find a shop that sells this stuff. I've found the model number for the spare part.
(My new laptop has gone in for repair so am stuck with this old thing and I noticed the time/date doesn't change as soon as I take it off the mains)
Also, it looks pretty easy to change... never done it before. Any tips?
Where to buy HP CMOS battery
Re: Where to buy HP CMOS battery
What a coincidence! I changed the CMOS battery for a friend's same exact notebook a couple of months ago. It's a simple CR2330 battery that you can get from the electronic section in virtually any store (I got it from K-Citymarket).
To make you pay more for it as a "spare part", they have it in a nice tight black package, which is nothing but a plastic cover with two wires. I remember it was 15 euros online, but I got it from K-Citymarket for 4 euros.
What you do is just use a sharp knife to open the black cover (be careful not to apply too much pressure, although it's unlikely you would). After that you take the old battery out, put the new battery in in the same orientation (take a photo before opening it, and another photo right after opening so you can put it back the right way). You can use glue to close the black wrapping. I used simple transparent tape. After that, you just plug it back in. If you ruin the thin black wrapping, don't worry about it at all; you can just tape the wires directly to the battery.
It's low-energy and fixed, so there's very little you can do to make things go wrong.
If you're somewhere not far in the capital area, I can do it for you for free. I have a lot of those batteries laying around.
To make you pay more for it as a "spare part", they have it in a nice tight black package, which is nothing but a plastic cover with two wires. I remember it was 15 euros online, but I got it from K-Citymarket for 4 euros.
What you do is just use a sharp knife to open the black cover (be careful not to apply too much pressure, although it's unlikely you would). After that you take the old battery out, put the new battery in in the same orientation (take a photo before opening it, and another photo right after opening so you can put it back the right way). You can use glue to close the black wrapping. I used simple transparent tape. After that, you just plug it back in. If you ruin the thin black wrapping, don't worry about it at all; you can just tape the wires directly to the battery.
It's low-energy and fixed, so there's very little you can do to make things go wrong.
If you're somewhere not far in the capital area, I can do it for you for free. I have a lot of those batteries laying around.
Every case is unique. You can't measure the result of your application based on arbitrary anecdotes online.
Re: Where to buy HP CMOS battery
Can confirm that Prisma also carries those.adnan wrote:What a coincidence! I changed the CMOS battery for a friend's same exact notebook a couple of months ago. It's a simple CR2330 battery that you can get from the electronic section in virtually any store (I got it from K-Citymarket).
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Re: Where to buy HP CMOS battery
That sounds like it could be a *date*!!! I'm in town every day this week. Mon & Tues & Thurs I'm in Pasila (but going through Ruoholahti/Kamppi/Railwa station), Wednesday afternoon and Friday/Saturday I'm in the town centre...adnan wrote: If you're somewhere not far in the capital area, I can do it for you for free. I have a lot of those batteries laying around.
I'll send you a PM with my phone/email.
Re: Where to buy HP CMOS battery
you could also leave the old battery as it is and take the wire connector out, connect 2 wires into the connector of the battery (NOT the MAIN-BOARD!!) and use a power supply or old (transformer based) nokia adapter, cut the plug off and connect the positive lead to the connector red wire and the negative lead to the black and switch the adapter on several times for a second (not longer). After this, reconnect the connector of the battery back to the main-board.
This "jump-starting" will make the battery recover a little bit so your laptop will work for another few weeks
This "jump-starting" will make the battery recover a little bit so your laptop will work for another few weeks
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Re: Where to buy HP CMOS battery
verkkokauppa.
i mean, go to the store in kyläsaari.
it's hardly enough for an online order.
just a couple o'euros.
and they have them as normal batteries, not sealed in black plastic.
i mean, go to the store in kyläsaari.
it's hardly enough for an online order.
just a couple o'euros.
and they have them as normal batteries, not sealed in black plastic.
Re: Where to buy HP CMOS battery
WowPiet wrote:you could also leave the old battery as it is and take the wire connector out, connect 2 wires into the connector of the battery (NOT the MAIN-BOARD!!) and use a power supply or old (transformer based) nokia adapter, cut the plug off and connect the positive lead to the connector red wire and the negative lead to the black and switch the adapter on several times for a second (not longer). After this, reconnect the connector of the battery back to the main-board.
This "jump-starting" will make the battery recover a little bit so your laptop will work for another few weeks
To Rosamunda and anybody reading that comment, do NOT, under any circumstances, try Piet's advice to solve issues related to the CMOS/RTC battery. It's an awful, awful, awful advice. He's probably joking.. still an awful joke.
Every case is unique. You can't measure the result of your application based on arbitrary anecdotes online.
Re: Where to buy HP CMOS battery
My laptop is working fine without it - but the date/time stop when my laptop goes to sleep so I have to reset them manually otherwise I get security error messages in Chrome and IE.
I need to have a backup laptop (for the mökki) so I want to keep the Touchsmart going as long as I can. Apart from being heavy and a bit slow it is fine for what I need to do. Hopefully the Lenovo will be back soon....
I need to have a backup laptop (for the mökki) so I want to keep the Touchsmart going as long as I can. Apart from being heavy and a bit slow it is fine for what I need to do. Hopefully the Lenovo will be back soon....