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- From: spack@adobe.com (Scott Pack)
- Subject: Re: A3k Battery Location?
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- References: <4hhvj7$kme@tandem.CAM.ORG> <19960306.7B6C550.F0BD@mother.com> <1634.6640T542T2525@wvlink.mpl.com> <4hpuqa$sni@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 23:13:43 GMT
-
- In article <4hpuqa$sni@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
- claevius@bluestem.prairienet.org (Brent Busby) wrote:
-
- > Gene Heskett (gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com) wrote:
- >
- > : Check its voltage too, should be in the 3.6ish area. If 2.4ish or
- > : 1.2ish, replace even if not leaking as it has a shorted cell or 2. I
- > : found a somewhat wider but otherwise usable replacement at my local
- > : electroncis supply store.
- >
- > The real question everybody wants to know is, how on earth do you get
- > the darned thing *off*...??? Is there any alternative, short of using
- > wire cutters to snip off the mounting claws away from the base and then
- > soldering insulated wire leads to the stubs to connect to another
- > battery holder located somewhere safer? Is there any easier way to
- > get that battery out? How did you do it...?
- >
- > --
- > Amiga /// | | "They had a glow-in-the-dark
- > 040 /// | Brent Busby ("Sequencer") | Santa in their yard. Santa
- > \\\/// | claevius@prairienet.org | isn't radioactive, is he?
- > \XX/ | | Cool beans. Nuclear Santa."
-
- I unsoldered mine, which required disassembling the *entire* computer, as
- you need to work on the bottom of the motherboard.
-
- Could potentially snip the battery leads, and attach a replacement with
- some short pieces of wire, but I'm not sure. It's pretty tight tolerances
- down close to the battery, with lots of other components in the way.
-
- -Scott
-