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Should the EU make it compulsory for Android phones to still work without a battery? (latte.isnot.coffee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Reason for posting this question - my laptop battery died and it turns out the bios gets reset every time I turn it on now.

Made me think of the old phones I have which cannot be repurposed without getting new batteries..

I guess mandating replaceable batteries is enough but IMHO it should go further

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If your bios is getting reset it's possible your system uses a cmos battery and it is dead. It's separate from the main battery and handles date/time/bios.

Just look for something that looks like a button battery inside your laptop. Sometimes it's wrapped in plastic. My old Dell had it wrapped in rubber which held the wires in place and had a special connector.

Newer systems don't have them - they just rely on the main battery. But if yours is losing time/settings you might have one with a separate battery. It's usually a cr2032 or similar.