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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.
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Adrian Graham
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