Hi,
With some high effort I was able to disassemble the Acer TravelMate 8000 laptop to the level that I could get to an ML1220 cell. But as I don't have a repair manual for this laptop I'm not sure if this ML1220 is actually the CMOS battery. It was located near the main battery connector.
I hope if I replace this ML1220 cell it does solve it by remembering BIOS info. Could there be any possibility there would be another battery cell on this motherboard?