Re: Can a weak CMOS battery prevent detection of a drive

>> I read that weak CMOS battery can prevent detection of a drive. I have 
>> two
>> SSD drives. One an old Samsung 500GB boots reliably. Drive D: is a new
>> Seagate Barracuda, 500GB that is not detected reliably. I've done 
>> everything
>> conceivable with the cables. I've read bad reviews on the Barracuda.
>>
>> BIOS program says CMOS battery is 3V whereas 3.3V might have been when it
>> was new.
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>> Is it worth my time to buy a new CMOS battery?
>>
>> Thanks
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> Glad you got it figured out.
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> To answer your question though, a 3.0 volt CMOS battery is fine.
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> If the battery was too low, you'd simply lose your settings.
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> I did *once* have a battery around 2.6 volts that would not allow the 
> machine to post.

Thanks for your reply.

Unfortunately, no matter what fiddling I could do, the Seagate Barracuda 
continued to show unreliable symptoms. Read/write errors and failure to 
detect at boot up. I ran Seagate tools that said the drive was slow, at one 
time. I read a bad review of Barracuda. We decided it's a bad drive. I have 
a one year warranty. I bought a 3 TB WD HDD and installed it. I am now doing 
a backup. Then I will return the drive for a replacement Barracuda SSD.

SSD drives are very nice for instantaneous response, when they work.

I plan to run some large programs for medical imaging. When it comes to 
medical diagnostic imaging, one needs to do it oneself.