On 07/12/2019 18:10, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
I'm going to set it to one side for now and get to the same stage with
the Acorn A3000 (which looks OK but the battery really has to come out
now ... it will eventually fail I suppose).
I might as well tackle both at the same time ...
On 05/12/2019 14:18, dwight via cctalk wrote:
With the solder tabs you are not soldering directly to the case, you are
soldering to the tab.
If you try to solder to the case, the electrolyte will evaporate causing excess
pressure in the case. This will burst the seal. For a lithium coin cell th
Subject: Re: DECpc 425SE
>> Many years ago I removed the soldered coin cell from the control board of
>> the Compaq 7000 series and replaced it with a 2032 coin cell holder, worked
>> nicely so I can’t see why it wouldn’t work in this DECivetti monstrosity.
>>
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>> Many years ago I removed the soldered coin cell from the control board of
>> the Compaq 7000 series and replaced it with a 2032 coin cell holder, worked
>> nicely so I can’t see why it wouldn’t work in this DECivetti monstrosity.
>>
>
> Well I suppose removing it means unsoldering the two ta
> On Dec 4, 2019, at 7:53 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On 05/12/2019 00:36, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
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The button cell looks very much like it is soldered in. It's approximately
12mm in diameter. I've read numerous warnings not to go to near a button
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On 05/12/2019 00:36, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
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The button cell looks very much like it is soldered in. It's approximately 12mm
in diameter. I've read numerous warnings not to go to near a button cell with a
soldering iron so I'm not really keen to do that, especially as I don't know
>> ...
>> The button cell looks very much like it is soldered in. It's approximately
>> 12mm in diameter. I've read numerous warnings not to go to near a button
>> cell with a soldering iron so I'm not really keen to do that, especially as
>> I don't know for sure that it will fix the problem.
> On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk
> wrote:
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> ...
> The button cell looks very much like it is soldered in. It's approximately
> 12mm in diameter. I've read numerous warnings not to go to near a button cell
> with a soldering iron so I'm not really keen to do that, e
I'm working on a DECpc 425SE right now and I've not been able to find
any useful documentation.
The laptop seems to work but has a BIOS password set. I suspect that if
I remove the button cell then it will forget the password (or at least
that's my hope).
The main ba
