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A problem with a motherboard battery causes a computer to stall
I recently read a letter in Computeractive from a reader complaining of their six-year-old computer freezing regularly.
Mine (of a similar age) started doing the same, so I tested the motherboard battery using a small voltage meter. I discovered it was only working at 1.4V when it said that it works at 3V on the top. I replaced the battery and the freezing problem went away.
Andrew Currie
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