Re: [OT] Dead soldered CMOS battery (was:Re: [Thinkpad] 240x - won'tboot, blank screen, no beeps - help

"James H. E. Maugham" wrote:

> 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!

In the earlier cited Compaq case, the installation of an external battery bypasses
the onboard battery.

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Received on Wed Jan 28 18:30:03 2004