RE: [OT] Dead soldered CMOS battery (was:Re: [Thinkpad] 240x - won't boot, blank screen, no beeps - help

From: James H. E. Maugham <James.H.Maugham_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 14:38:21 EST

David Ross wrote:

> Has anyone here managed to attach a new battery (possibly an external one)
> to a dead CMOS battery in this kind of situation? I ask because I have a
> laptop (not a ThinkPad) which has a dead soldered-on CMOS battery which I
> would like to resuscitate.

Only by removing the dead battery and soldering or otherwise connecting the new
one to the MB.

Connecting a good battery to a possibly internally shorted one can prove
interesting!

Regards,

James

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