Dallas module battery replacement...

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Apr 8 22:49:20 2000

--- Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list_at_wfi-inc.com> wrote:
> That's exactly what my friend did - ground away *carefully* with a dremel
> until it was exposed.
>
> Jeff (Technoid) on this list mentioned in the Sun NVRAM thread that he'd
> done this successfully...maybe he's got some practical advice for you.

> On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Heard of few getting into theirs to hook into a new battery when
> > > the old battery expired.

I have done this on a 48T02 for my SPARC2. I did it at one end of the
chip and I cut *through* the leads going up to the battery to disconnect
it from the SRAM entirely. After I exposed the leads, I soldered on a
9V battery cable which I snapped onto a 9V battery top (removed from a
dead battery), into which I soldered a 3V lithium battery that had solder
leads already bonded to it (scavenged from a dead board of some kind).
I placed all the active bits in a small ziploc baggie for insulation and
closed up the case. I do have a replacement 48T02 on order ($15 from Mouser),
but for now, I'm running.

-ethan


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