Retro Computing Grotto

CMOS Battery Replacement

How To... Replace The CMOS Battery In A Dell Latitude D820 Laptop

Changing the CMOS battery on a Dell Latitude D820 is a lot easier than a lot of other laptops …

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How To... Replace The CMOS Battery On A Compaq Armada 1700/1750 Laptop

Changing the RTC/CMOS battery on a Compaq Armada 1700/1750 is really quite easy as all you need …

Aluminium Foil Tape

How To... Replace The CMOS Battery On A Compaq Evo N410c Laptop

Changing the CMOS/RTC battery on the Compaq Evo N410c involves removing the keyboard and the wri…

Aluminium Foil Tape

Aluminium Foil Tape, Heat Shrink Tubing and a Heat Gun

Today's haul is some silver aluminium foil tape with conductive acrylic adhesive, assorted h…

B&Q

Mac Allister Tool Box

Time to get organised with the tools I've amassed to fix/repair/refurbish the vintage and re…