need to catch up on posting, way behind on the Saga of Running a Citadel-86 BBS over here

struck out on the 386, next up on the bench is the Pentium 266 MMX

i previously installed Win98SE but neither cardbus or USB are working and i'm pretty sure its because the BIOS battery is stone dead

lets get it apart, i even have a service manual this time

a travelstar, nice

and not at all foreshadowing

listening to the kids obsess about 3dfx cards just made me nostalgic for all the great times i had on my Pentium 200 before i ever dropped a Banshee in it...

THE CMOS BATTERY IS UNDER THE HEATSINK

this mobile Pentium 266 MMX was the fastest classic pentium core intel ever sold

...dang was hoping i could shuck it into a desktop maybe

nope

thank god its a little cell and i don't seem to have any other battery bombs in here

a trip to mah nards it is, $6 for a single 1220 cell? save big money my ass

#retrocomputing #repair