On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:17:57 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:51:36 UTC+1, Terry Schwartz wrote:
He's probably replaced the CMOS battery at least 3 more times now, since the OP was in 1999.

and the computer.

An old Packard Smell like that you would keep the battery and replace the computer.