Brendon;
A dead cmos battery won't stop you from booting the motherboard,
it will just fail to retain any settings, including the time of day.
When you reboot it will default back to the Bios default values.
You can get the number off the battery and get a new one locally.
 The Bios number is the most reliable way to find the exact board
specifications.
  If you look at what version the Intel chipset is (FX, TX,etc)
It might be a clue to approx. what cpus it will support.
<>< Larry Fisk
         Fisk Computers
           Fruitvale, Idaho

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brendon Schafer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 1:31 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Motherboard


> My first question relates to the motherboard specifically. I am trying to
> identify what
> type of motherboard I have.
>I have come across a few sites that assist in the identification using the
>BIOS. Trouble is I know the BIOS battery needs replacing so I can't even
boot the machine at
>the moment.
> Is there a way to find out who the manufacturer of the board is without
> checking the BIOS?

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