cmos battery holder

[turbot]

Now I've done it!
I was changing my cmos battery and I broke the metal clip that holds the battery in its holder.
What do I do now?

[Jiggy]

other will come.

have you tryed a strong metal glue, try a small elastic band around the holder then over the battery or a paper clip in its place mite do it.:rolleyes:

[rio_bugarin]

no problem with that. you can always solder a new connection. Just make sure you dont short circuit the system. Dont burn it too...

Computers are too dumb they dont care what they look like

[ranchdog]

The clip that you broke is the - (ground) clip. I broke
one and I inserted small straight pins around the battery
to hold it in place and to also act as a ground to the
battery holder.

Mboared mfg's definitely need to improve some of these
CMOS battery holders.


RD.

[turbot]

I managed to thread a twist tie under the battery holder and twisted it at the top to hold the battery in place and then I solderd the post that I broke off in place to make the ground connection. It's not the best repair job but it worked! Thanks to all for your suggestions.

[YODA74]

http://www.allelectronics.com/images/gold/thumb/BH-15.jpg

If your battery holder looks anything like these you can get one here



http://www.allelectronics.com/index.html




http://www.allelectronics.com/images/gold/full/BH-17.jpg