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Alert! System Battery Voltage is low

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  • 14-03-2014 5:55pm
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    deadanonymau5
    Registered Users Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭


    When I turn on my PC (Dell running Vista that I got in Jan 2007) I get a black screen and 2 messages
    -Alert! System Battery Voltage is low
    -Alert! Previous shutdown due to thermal event

    Can anyone please explain what this means? That I just need a new battery?

    Thanks


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    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    deadanonymau5 wrote: »
    System Battery Voltage is low

    Yeah, more than likely the BIOS battery needs replacing.
    It's a simple coin sized battery, you can even get a sheet of them in some discount stores.
    deadanonymau5 wrote: »
    -Alert! Previous shutdown due to thermal event

    That probably means that the system fan / cpu fan is not working.
    The CPU was overheating, to the point that it had to shut itself down.


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    deadanonymau5
    Registered Users Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭deadanonymau5


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    Yeah, more than likely the BIOS battery needs replacing.
    It's a simple coin sized battery, you can even get a sheet of them in some discount stores.



    That probably means that the system fan / cpu fan is not working.
    The CPU was overheating, to the point that it had to shut itself down.

    Thanks.


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    red sean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    Battery is usually a CR2032 as far as I can see.


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