scherer@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Scherer) (02/20/90)
If a battery is soldered on an AT system board and needs it to be replaced
do you have to unsolder it before connecting an external battery. Also
is it possible to see the difference in appearance between a NICAD and
Lithium battery.
Responses can be posted or mailed as I check both daily.
Thanks in Advancedaly@cgull..westford.ccur.com (Patrick Daly) (02/21/90)
In article <1060@nems.dt.navy.mil> scherer@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Doug Scherer) writes: > If a battery is soldered on an AT system board and needs it to be replaced >do you have to unsolder it before connecting an external battery. Also >is it possible to see the difference in appearance between a NICAD and >Lithium battery. My old PC supposedly had a Nicad somewhere on the motherboard that requires the system to be running for some length of time on a somewhat regular basis (how's that for being specific ;-> ) to keep it charged up. I never bothered to locate it since the system used an external lithium battery (which was selected by means of a jumper). The lithium was velcroed to the case and had a 2 wire connector to connect it to the mother board. The old lithium battery was blank, but the replacement I put in had clear markings as to what it was.