Seriously, just buy the battery. On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]>wrote:
> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
