Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!icus!lenny
From: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: 3B1 battery replacement
Message-ID: <740@icus.islp.ny.us>
Date: 11 Jul 89 06:45:26 GMT
References: <9282@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano)
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Organization: ICUS Software Systems, Islip, New York
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In article <9282@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> yren@phoenix.Princeton.EDU () writes:
|>
|>	The battery in my unix-pc is dead for months. I opened the cover up
|>and found that the battery is soldered on the board. What is the proper
|>procedure to replace it? I know this must have been discussed on the net 
|>quite often. Well, I didn't read those postings carefully since I thought
|>it still had several years of life ahead.
|>	Thanks in advance.
|>	

Certainly whatever you do, don't call the AT&T National Parts for this
battery.   Without my knowing, the company I work for (by day) called
and bought one of these 3V lithium batteries... Paying a meer $13.00 ;-)

Radio Shack sells them for ~$1.29 ... my suggestion is to carefully desolder
the old battery (noting polarity) and solder a 2AA battery holder in
its place.   

-Lenny
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