>> ... >> 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. > > I'm curious what the reason is for that warning. After all, the thing was > soldered in to begin with; it certainly won't mind the heat. You'd want to > make sure you don't short it out while doing it, of course; some insulating > tape might help with that. >
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. -- Adrian Graham Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest private home computer collection? t: @binarydinosaurs f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs w: www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
