Eric Outten <[log in to unmask]> writes: snip >When you ~do~ get a battery, just cut the two prongs at >their thinnest point with a pair of "dikes"- (diagonal >cutters), if you want to remove the old battery. I >take them off, but the ones I've seen left on just >corroded a little and didn't interfere with the new >battery. I had a friends computer ruined by an old abandoned clock battery that leaked bad... I think it was a 286 "class"... FYI Rick ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] PCBUILD maintains many useful files for download on our web site - visit our download page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html