Are all batteries for motherboard bios the same?

kypron7

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Someone I know has what appears to be a dead battery on their MSI K7N-2 Delta-L motherboard (bios has to load setup defaults every time you turn on computer)

Can I just buy any 3.3v batter to replace it with? Anything I should be aware of?
 

OdiN

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No, not all batteries are the same.

But they are, for the most part, CR2032's.
 

kypron7

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ok thanks, i will check out a radio shack. (or, "THE SOURCE", as they are now called up here in canada)
 

Tarrant64

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Originally posted by: kypron7
ok thanks, i will check out a radio shack. (or, "THE SOURCE", as they are now called up here in canada)

Too funny!

I kept thinking "Matrix".

 

Bluefront

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FWIW....you can also find them in a drug store like Walgreens, along with hearing aid batteries.