Having Problems with an old laptop

Pit_Viper_VF1J · 08-January-04, 10:07 PM

I just dug my old Leading Edge laptop (D/LT 386SX Plus Model) out of storage and need some help getting it back on-line. I have two major problems the CMOS battery (Clock errors and it can't find the Hard Drive) and I have no information on the drive itself (Heads, Cylinders, Size)

The CMOS battery is starting to deteriorate and I don't know what kind of battery that I need to replace it with (there is no writting legitable on battery itself, its one of those cylinder batteries thats soldered into place). I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a way to install a new battery without removing the old one (There are no ext. battery hook-ups that I could see).

As for the Harddrive the old information I could find out about it is that it was manufactored by Daewoo. There is no other writing or information on the drive.

Does anyone know of a website where I can find this information? I've searched using Google for a hour to no avail. In case anyone wonders here are the specs that I was able to get.

Leading Edge Model no. D/LT 386SX Plus
Phoniex Bios dating from 1985-1988
640 KB Base Memory 00348 KB Extended Memory
Daewoo Hard Drive (No other information available)

If anyone can help me out that would be great.

Slick2145 · 13-January-04, 06:20 PM

As far as I have seen the batteries need to have a new one soldered into place of the old one.

For the hard drive I would try to look around their site and see if you can make a match.

08-January-04, 10:07 PM		#1 (permalink)
Pit_Viper_VF1J Apex Techie I	Having Problems with an old laptop I just dug my old Leading Edge laptop (D/LT 386SX Plus Model) out of storage and need some help getting it back on-line. I have two major problems the CMOS battery (Clock errors and it can't find the Hard Drive) and I have no information on the drive itself (Heads, Cylinders, Size) The CMOS battery is starting to deteriorate and I don't know what kind of battery that I need to replace it with (there is no writting legitable on battery itself, its one of those cylinder batteries thats soldered into place). I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a way to install a new battery without removing the old one (There are no ext. battery hook-ups that I could see). As for the Harddrive the old information I could find out about it is that it was manufactored by Daewoo. There is no other writing or information on the drive. Does anyone know of a website where I can find this information? I've searched using Google for a hour to no avail. In case anyone wonders here are the specs that I was able to get. Leading Edge Model no. D/LT 386SX Plus Phoniex Bios dating from 1985-1988 640 KB Base Memory 00348 KB Extended Memory Daewoo Hard Drive (No other information available) If anyone can help me out that would be great.

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13-January-04, 06:20 PM		#2 (permalink)
Slick2145 Apex Tech Fanatic	As far as I have seen the batteries need to have a new one soldered into place of the old one. For the hard drive I would try to look around their site and see if you can make a match.