How to remove A2000 motherboard

[pondosinatra]

Ok, I'm trying to replace the battery on my A2000 with one of the round lithium batteries. First step to remove the motherboard. Should be easy right?

I can't for the life of me get this thing off! I've removed all the screws, removed the hex screws on the back. I can get the board about half way up but it's bending in the middle. I'd have to snap it in half to get it out of there.

I've triple checked that all the screws are removed. Am I an idiot that I can't get this off? Is there a trick I'm missing?

[pondosinatra]

I finally got it out but I wrecked the case in the process (sometimes I need to be more patient). I had in fact missed one screw, but ya the trick was to slide it forward first. Not a big deal as this was a spare system I had to muck with.

That said, anyone interested in a Rev 4.5 board with some moderate acid damage???

After my dry run I was able to upgrade the battery on by Rev 6.2 board. Looks snazzy!

Now I just need to do a recap and this baby is good to go. Thank God these Amigas are through hole components and not surface mount like my old Macs.

[pondosinatra]

Looks good, Is this the AmigaKit coin cell? I think they were looking for a pic of one in a A2000...

Not sure. I got it off eBay....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270970131262?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649