How to Replace Your PC's Battery

Video Transcript

"You know your computer has a memory other than its hard drive. Its its BIOS. Its it's Basic Input Output System. My name is James, computer hardware training coordinator for InterConnection. And I'm going to show you how to replace your PC's battery. Your motherboards going to have a battery on it. They tend to be a style, it's like a watch battery. This is your battery right here. Now if this battery goes bad, your BIOS settings, which is your computer Basic Input Output System. It's going to forget everything. Because this is what holds its memory. So you need to make sure if thing goes bad, your computer doesn't boot up properly or something similar to this. That you replace this battery. To do this, you'll notice there's a little tab right here. You push this little tab out of the way. Sometimes it actually helps to use a small little screwdriver just to push it out of the way. Very carefully. It'll just simply pop up, like so. You'll remove the battery. And you install a new one. Here is our new battery. You want to make sure the positive side is facing upwards. And you also want to make sure it's the right size. Luckily most of these batteries tend to be about the same size. However, verify the model number on your old battery to your new one. Just to be sure. Now once you're ready to install your battery. Just slide it in like this. There will be a couple of little prongs that don't move. Part of the plastic. And then you push it down. And your battery is now installed. I am James, computer hardware training coordinator for InterConnection."