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- From: innuendo@yar.cs.wisc.edu (Jonathan Gapen)
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- Subject: Re: Battery Acid Timebomb
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 16:44:59 GMT
- Organization: esCom Amiga Madison Enthusiast's Organisation
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- In article <4efa0d$apr@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> claevius@prairienet.org (Brent Busby) writes:
- >
- > One possible plan that I've thought of was to maybe clip off the
- > battery claw on both sides as far away from the motherboard as possible,
- > leaving stubs, to which wires could be carefully soldered using low heat.
-
- I would think you'd want to use a high heat setting!
- If you solder computer components with a low watt iron, then you have to
- leave the tip in contact with the traces for a long time to get the solder to
- melt properly for a good connection, or risk a cold joint. That'll heat up
- the components. Using a high watt iron, you can get the solder to melt almost
- immediately, get a good joint, and not heat up the surrounding components.
- At least, that's what I've been told, and that's my experience.
-
- > I'm surprised there isn't more discussion on this. It's the
- > lurking timebomb inside every battery backed Amiga, and on
- > every bridgeboard, and a solution has to be found.
-
- Well, the A4000 has a removable battery. If it dies, you just pull it out
- and replace it.
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- Jonathan Gapen (innuendo@yar.cs.wisc.edu)
- Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?
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