That 9x9 battery is easy enough for your support people to change as
long as they aren't HP. For some reason HP doesn't want their employees
to field change the battery. The board design is not a problem. New
2325 batteries are available at Walmart and Radio Shack.

Bob J. -- Ideal Computer Services
http://www.icsgroup.net


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>>Got all my data restored on recovering the 959, did a reboot, changed the date, got the above ...
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>(BTW, I misread your 959 as 9x8 or something :)
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>The 959 is documented as having a lithium battery that is not FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) ...
>an incredibly bad design decision.
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>Some HP 3000 / HP 9000 models have a Dallas Semiconductor Real-Time Clock module
>with an integrated lithium battery (DS1287 in some cases).  These are not removable, but there are replacement
>parts for available
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