CMOS battery interchangeable between X20 and 600 series?

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CMOS battery interchangeable between X20 and 600 series?

#1 Post by Olde Man » Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:24 am

Do they use the same CMOS battery?
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Re: CMOS battery interchangeable between X20 and 600 series?

#2 Post by rkawakami » Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:45 am

Unfortunately, no. Here's a picture of them together: http://www.kawakami-ca.com/images/02k65 ... 2k6715.jpg

While the polarity of the two battery connectors are the same, the physical dimensions are different (600 series is thinner than the X2x).
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Re: CMOS battery interchangeable between X20 and 600 series?

#3 Post by Olde Man » Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:27 pm

I noticed that ebay separated them but they surely looked alike. Thanks for the info.
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Re: CMOS battery interchangeable between X20 and 600 series?

#4 Post by Mornsgrans » Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:03 pm

The polarity and connector size is different:
http://thinkwiki.de/Datei:BIOS-Batterien.jpg (the upper battery is for 600)
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Re: CMOS battery interchangeable between X20 and 600 series?

#5 Post by Olde Man » Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:44 am

Odd that they would use three different connectors on what appears to be the same battery although polarity could be a factor.

Designers must not talk to each other.
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