Cmos battery

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musicman30747

could someone tell me where the cmos batter is in a dell inspiron 3800
 
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If you haven't already done it, then open up your case and look around on the motherboard for a shiny round thing that's about 1.5cm in diameter, pull it out off it's socket and there you go.
It should be near your PCI-ports or near your CMOS-jumper.
 
You should be able to download the service manual from dells website.
 
looking for cmos battery to reset password bought it at a sale but it has a password in it need to remove it or reset it
 
In that case, you should take a look at this thread HERE. As far as I`m aware Dell laptop passwords are held on an eeprom chip, so taking out the battery wouldn`t help.

Regards Howard :)
 
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