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A4000 battery - can i just snap it off?
« on: February 24, 2004, 01:43:22 PM »
I recently bought a 4000 desktop off a guy at work. The battery looks -ok-, but i'd rather just remove it. I don't have the tools to solder it off, actually i'd just like to clip it off. I'll mainly be using it to run old scene demos and few games so I wouldn't be missing it much anyways. So if i clipped the battery off without replacing anything, would it still boot up fine?
 

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Re: A4000 battery - can i just snap it off?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2004, 07:46:06 PM »
Ok, i rocked it back and forth gently and it snapped off clean. There were some flakes on the motherboard, but i think they were just from snapping it off.

I'm glad i did it because what looked like an OK battery to the eye, looked like this with my nikon:

http://home.ptd.net/~zine/487.jpg

and the motherboard now:

http://home.ptd.net/~zine/493.jpg

Thanks for all the help and replies