Mac clock resetting to 1953 when switched off, mac os8

UEX · 9 Jul 2007 at 10:59

Is it a software issue or a bios battery issue? Do macs have bios batteries? are they replacable?

Help appreciated

unknowndomain · 9 Jul 2007 at 13:40

Yes and yes, depends what system you have i know the silver G4 powermac's use similar batteries to pc's just take the old one and replace it with the exact same type of batter.

UEX · 10 Jul 2007 at 09:52

errr its one of those orange ones that look like a telly with a clear/translucent and orange case

UEX · 10 Jul 2007 at 09:55

its this one

MagicBoy · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:27

It's called the PRAM battery in the world of Apple (as in parameter RAM). Yeah, it's basically the same as a BIOS battery!

They're usually 3.6V lithium cells that look like a half height AA battery on G3 era machines. Not too hard to find ...

Instructions can be found here ...