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Any ideas on how to get into one of these? My CMOS battery needs replacing and if I could only get into the thing I'd have it done in 2 minutes!

It generally goes...
- Pull out everything you can like the battery, drives
- Screws out of the bottom
- Lift the keyboard out (if it wants to) and undo screws underneath that
- Probably remove the screen surround or the hinge surround
- Battle with many plastic clips to get the thing open, making sure the case isn't snagging on any peripherals like cdrom drive trays or pcmcia port buttons

Do it slowly and carefully Good luck!

This may be beyond me - I've had lots of screws out twice and get to a point that I feel may be of no return - then chicken out and put the screws back in.

Most things of that type also have inbuilt clips. Use a flathead screwdriver along the edges (once screws are all out) and see if you can find and open/unhock them.

When I open it should it be upside down or the right way up (does that make sense?!?!) I think I may wait until my new PC arrives in a few weeks, then if I bugger it up I won't be PC-less!

marksi wrote:When I open it should it be upside down or the right way up (does that make sense?!?!) I think I may wait until my new PC arrives in a few weeks, then if I bugger it up I won't be PC-less!

The main thing is that you protect the screen from smashing/scratching. Chances are you'll need it at all kinds of angles to work out how to get it apart, and they're fairly sturdy.

Well... glad I didn't spend too much time pulling it to bits because I have now discovered that it's not the CMOS battery. When the computer starts up the time is initially absolutely perfectly correct - but one of the startup programs is altering the clock time by 4 mins. Very odd. So tonight when I get back from work I'll have to investigate that further. But thank you for your help Sput.

As to Medion's customer service - it's crap. I wanted to get a second PSU for my laptop (the connector is non-standard) and it took six months to get hold of one from them. You'll probably be able to get a battery off them too, but it does take persistence. At one time I was told their ordering computers were down. Well... these things happen, and I said I'd call back in an hour. "No, you'd be best leaving it at least a week" suggested the sales person...

As far as I can tell, an "auto-software-update" program installed with my HP printer was changing the PC Clock time at startup by 4 mins. It has now been removed and I'm happy again. Thanks for your help anyway Sput.

nodnirG kraM wrote:

marksi wrote:You'll probably be able to get a battery off them too, but it does take persistence.

Cheers Mr Marksi. I now have a battery on order, however due to distribution problems I am instructed to allow up to 16 weeks for delivery.

Not long to go now....

Call them in a few weeks and check, as they lost all trace of my first order...

whats the model number? I maybe able to get instrctions for getting inside the unit.

Oooh, well, for future reference that may be useful... it's an MD6488..