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Offline Rob

Re: What's the point of the MiniMig?
« on: November 09, 2007, 07:45:04 PM »
@gdanko

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The chances of all four of my A500s dying are very slim. I paid probably 50USD for all of them.


Have you checked the batteries lately?  

Here's my A500 as it looked a few weeks ago, notice the corrosion on the legs of the nearby chips and resistors.

It's now had the battery removed and been cleaned up and will be having a coin cell type battery fitted instead.

It turns out that coin cell holder from a dead PC is a drop in replacement.  I just hope no lasting damage was done, as it had started playing up a bit.

 

Offline Rob

Re: What's the point of the MiniMig?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2007, 11:29:09 PM »
@Speelgoedmannetje & Alexh

Thanks for pointing out the omission.  I guess it would be quite annoying to dismantle your A500, only to find there's no battery.