BIOS CMOS RTC Battery for Dell Alienware Alpha Steam Machine i5 i7 Desktop by Rome Tech - Yellow Light Fix - CR2032CL-23-2

If the Yellow light still remains the first time you start it up after changing batteries, unplug it and hold the power button for 1 minute. That should clear it up. After that, plug in the new battery and apply the sticky material provided to stick the new battery to the bottom of the motherboard. Approximately 3 months have passed since I replaced the battery, and I've never experienced a Yellow Light of Death since then. Once you replace the CMOS battery, you won't have this issue again. As a result, I do not have a definitive answer as it has only been 3 months since the replacement was installed. Nevertheless, I can assure you that the issue is definitely the CMOS battery, and it can be fixed by replacing it with this one. It will in theory provide a permanent fix as long as there is nothing defective with how the motherboard interacts with the battery. Please be assured that I will update this review if the issue ever occurs again.

Talon Hunt

| Jul 21, 2020

As I tried to solder my own to see if I could get it to work, I found that these use a wire with a metal strip mechanically bonded to a I'm not sure what I'll do with the rest of it, but the replacement seems to work great and I guess if I get 3 Once the machine has lasted for 4 more years, even the pain of installing it will be mostly It would have been nice if it hadn't taken the post office almost a week to deliver it to me, but it was sent.

Neil CHARLTON

| Nov 03, 2020

Upon further investigation, my computer was not powering on without the CMOS Battery, located just below the motherboard. When it loses its charge, it will cease to work. Despite the fact that you could wire it yourself, I wanted a solution that would not require so much effort, and this is what I wanted. It is as simple as replacing the battery, draining the energy of your Alpha crew, and then it will work. I have been able to use my alienware alpha because of this. Four years were the length of the period. There is no doubt that it.

Enrique Spencer

| May 11, 2021

It was great to receive the battery the day after the light issue (thank you so much! up my Alpha. It was annoying to remove the back cover that ran over the ports, but it came Once I had disconnected and peeled off the old battery, I just pasted the new one in (don't This is the second time that Alpha has lived! While I was unhappy about spending $15 to replace a battery that there is no need to replace, from what I hear, I got off on a good note. The little box is still showing some signs of wear, but that could be because I'm updating my RAM to the max 16GB and then upgrading the SSD!.

Charley Carney

| Nov 25, 2020