Computer tower battery

[Outdoorsman]

Can anyone tell me what the battery is called that is installed in the computer tower?

My computer is Windows 98 and is about 6 or 7 years old. The clock in the right lower corner of my screen shows the time as a few minutes slow and I have to reset the clock now and then - which isn't a problem. But I may have to replace the battery.

Can I do this - or should it be done by an expert?

Will anything be lost when the old battery is removed?

Thank you...

[spaced]

no, its quite easy. Here are the instructions, with pictures on how to change it. The battery looks like a large version of a watch battery

http://www.liverepair.com/encyclopedia/articles/cmosrepl ace.asp

[spaced]

...take away the </p> at the end of the link after clicking it and press enter, page should now load.

[Outdoorsman]

Thankyou spaced. I've saved the article in favourites. I'll buy the battery before I take out the old one.

Incidently, I typed the whole website into my address bar - rather than click on it - and it came up instantly.

I feel a whole lot easier now! Thanks again.

[stevie21]

I've been changing the battery on something else LOADS and noticed that the size was "CR2032" - I noticed that this was similar looking to the one inside my PC.
I was just going to say look for "cr2032" on google images to give you an idea of the size and shape of the battery. (Like a watch battery but bigger)
On the pictures above, it's that exact size. I feel like a right geek for guessing that correctly :(