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I just installed a new battery, which I also checked with a DVM, so I know the battery is not the problem, but my secondary rig will only retain what I set in the BIOS until I turn off the power switch or unplug the computer. This seems to indicate that the battery isn't able to power whatever it is that retains the settings.

The one thing that I'm not sure of is the two little spring clips that are supposed to make contact with the positive side of the battery (outer side), mine are only making contact with the side of the battery. Is this okay, or do they have to reach to outer side?

It's dificult to see just how high they are reaching, but I have a feeing that it isn't high enough. I'll see if I can pry them a little higher. If this isn't the answer to the problem, then I guess the motherboard is shot, because I also installed a new BIOS chip, in case it had something to do with it.

I finally got it fixed, but I ended up having to bend the pins across the top of the battery, so as to make proper contact. Since I put in a new battery, hopefully it won't need replacing during the remaining lifetime of the motherboard. I wish the socket had been like the one in my other rig, because it just has a little spring clip to release the battery. That is what I thought this was at first, and is why I ended up bending them to remove the battery.

I still find it odd that SpeedFan could read the vbat, yet the battery wasn't actually usable.

Thanks. Here all along, I thought that vbat was giving me a means of monitoring the battery. Since SpeedFan is already giving a voltage for the 3.3 rail, is there any point in having it read the vbat also?