I agree, if you don't want to risk killing your classic, you might just run it without the battery and not unplug it. I'm pretty sure if you go to RadioShack, Batteries Plus, or the internet you could get a battery for it for a pretty nominal price, probably around $5.
Cyrus Griffin -------------------- Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Apr 25, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Ken Daggett wrote: > > > On 25 Apr 2009, at 09:14:14 PDT, Christian Wacker wrote: > >> but doesn't it still boot even when the battery looses some of its >> voltage? when my classic finally stopped booting because of a bad >> PRAM, it was at only 1.8v left... >> >> If it needs to be 3.7, will an old cordless phone battery work? >> >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Ken Daggett >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 25 Apr 2009, at 09:05:23 PDT, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I had this crazy idea to take a PC COMS battery (Button cell, 3v, >>>> Lithium Ion) and the holder, and make some sort of gizmo to act as >>>> a replacement battery for the dead PRAM battery in my Classic... >>>> would i risk damaging anything by doing such a thing? >>> ---------- >>> Whenever you reply, the voltage for the PRAM for the Classic >>> needs to be 3.6V. No point in making a replacement that only >>> puts out 3V. > -------------- > Well, I believe the Classic will boot with no battery at all. > It will just lose the parameter settings each time it is > shut off. > > I believe my message said 3.6V, not 3.7. If you want to > try the higher voltage, go ahead. If the magic white > smoke escapes, however, you can't put it back in. > > Ken > http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
