DECpc 425SE

Paul Koning paulkoning at comcast.net
Wed Dec 4 18:33:07 CST 2019



> On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> ...
> 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.

	paul



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