Critical Battery Level shutdown on desktop after CMOS replace...

So after speaking with an HP tech.. she told me to go buy a replacement battery and described how to do it.. no problem.. so i go ahead.. but find that my computer is still restarting with the "critical battery reached blah blah blah"  business as before.. anyone else run into this BS???

somebody has to have some answers lol.. its happened everyday the last 3 days, today while i was in the middle of a playing a game. just shutdown, reboot with the "battery has reached critical state" message upon startup..  again, HP support had me replace the battery on the motherboard, did that, and its still happening.. not a notebook, a desktop.. make and model are posted above.. plz help anyone lol.. thx in advance.

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