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Offline scuzzb494Topic starter

Serious Plea
« on: May 17, 2008, 09:34:17 AM »
Hi

SERIOUS PLEA [ So important I thought I would mention this yet again.. ]

Sorry for shouting. I just got a mail from a guy who was adamant that neither the A500 or A500+ had a battery. This is not true.... First up the A500 could have a barrel battery on the expansion card in the trap door and the A500+ is fitted with the dreaded barrel battery on the motherboard.. Just look at this picture.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/scuzzblog/car_may16_03.jpg

Please, please if you have an A500+ in your collection then go get that battery off. We run the risk of losing the vast majority of these computers to this problem otherwise.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz493.htm

This is the link to the whole page on the issue.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com
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Offline Hodgkinson

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Re: Serious Plea
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2008, 10:10:08 AM »
Ouch, that battery's the worst I've ever seen!

I did a similar thing on my A1200 RAM/FPU board, but instead with the lithium cell when it needed re-locating.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2048=10

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Re: Serious Plea
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2008, 10:21:44 AM »
NiCd batteries leak, alot.  What about NiMH: do those tend to live better lives and die more gracefully?
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Re: Serious Plea
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2008, 10:49:11 AM »
I found a standard a500 with a expansion card.. The battery had corroded the memory expansion card so much that it did not work at all. Some corrosion seemed to have also spread to the amiga itself as well, so it is definitely a good idea to remove/replace the battery even on a expansion card.
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Re: Serious Plea
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2008, 11:56:25 AM »
The A500 did technically not have a battery, though. I guess he was half right. :-P
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Offline scuzzb494Topic starter

Re: Serious Plea
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2008, 12:33:28 PM »
Hi

Did you actually read the post.... The A500+ had the battery and the A500 may have a battery on a trapdoor expansion card.

Read the posts before replying... Saves people time.

[ my post ]

Sorry for shouting. I just got a mail from a guy who was adamant that neither the A500 or A500+ had a battery. This is not true.... First up the A500 could have a barrel battery on the expansion card in the trap door and the A500+ is fitted with the dreaded barrel battery on the motherboard.. Just look at this picture.

[ end post ]

Which bit of ' the A500 could have a barrel battery on the expansion card in the trap door ' didn`t you understand, or are you unaware of the trapdoor concept.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz403.htm

Here you go... I'll show you a picture if that helps. And by the way, that battery on the expansion card can leak into the Amiga.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

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"All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2008, 01:47:53 PM »
@scuzzb494

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Offline Xamiche

Re: "All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2008, 02:01:22 PM »
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Hi

Did you actually read the post.... The A500+ had the battery and the A500 may have a battery on a trapdoor expansion card.

Read the posts before replying... Saves people time.

Weird is technically right. A stock Amiga 500 doesn't have a battery. The expansion, if you want to be pedantic about it, is not part of the Amiga 500. Hence the term, 'Expansion'. Weirdami was just making a joke and you took it way too seriously man.
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Offline scuzzb494Topic starter

Re: "All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2008, 02:30:41 PM »
Technically and totally incorrect, and you fall foul of the same ignorance. The Amiga 500 can be destroyed by the barrel battery in the expansion card. I didn`t say the A500 had a battery... I was raising awareness regarding the dangers of batteries.

On such matters I do not joke.

scuzz

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Offline scuzzb494Topic starter

Re: "All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2008, 02:33:59 PM »
Hi

"All I need is this thermos, and that's it."

No.. You got me there. As ever we drift off into a world I just cannot understand. I'll get back to my Amigas then.

scuzz
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Re: "All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2008, 02:36:40 PM »
I'd best check mine.
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Offline Xamiche

Re: "All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2008, 02:44:41 PM »
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scuzzb494 wrote:
Technically and totally incorrect, and you fall foul of the same ignorance. The Amiga 500 can be destroyed by the barrel battery in the expansion card. I didn`t say the A500 had a battery... I was raising awareness regarding the dangers of batteries.

On such matters I do not joke.

scuzz


Dude, what-ever. Why are you being such a jerk? A couple of people have made a few light hearted comments, now you're insulting us. We all know the perils of NiCad leakage, some of us first-hand, but your boorish remarks of ignorance are both rude and stupid. Don't presume to know my mind. I'm ignorant of many things. Battery leakage is not one of them.

Weirdami was making a joke. Lighten up. :roll:

[Xamiche's turn to be petty and pendantic]
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I didn`t say the A500 had a battery...

You said..."I just got a mail from a guy who was adamant that 'neither the A500 or A500+ had a battery'. This is not true...". Weirdami was just saying that it's half true. Technically he was correct.
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Re: "All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2008, 03:48:55 PM »
@Xamiche

This guy is having a rough day I guess. He's being annoying in his other post as well about him complaining the internet lost its modem days.
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Offline scuzzb494Topic starter

Re: "All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2008, 08:22:02 PM »
Neither of you read or quoted what I said.. And then decided instead of making constructive comment to make half jokey comments which were intended to suggest that the author was wrong in his statement.

[ my message ]

Sorry for shouting. I just got a mail from a guy who was adamant that neither the A500 or A500+ had a battery. This is not true.... First up the A500 could have a barrel battery on the expansion card in the trap door and the A500+ is fitted with the dreaded barrel battery on the motherboard.. Just look at this picture.

[ end my message ]

Why should I expect anything else. Especially from someone who happily calls someone a jerk. I don`t know you do I. And you were ignorant cus you didn`t read the post. And so the serious purpose of this thread was destroyed by half jokes at my expense.

What does that make you.

scuzz
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Offline scuzzb494Topic starter

Re: "All I need is this thermos, and that's it."
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2008, 08:31:14 PM »
Xamiche

[ your comment ]

This guy is having a rough day I guess. He's being annoying in his other post as well about him complaining the internet lost its modem days.

[ end your comment ]

You just can`t help it can you. Tagging on to the nonsense of chit chat and pointless waffle just to look as though your constructively involved in the Amiga community. Annoying am I ... Well excuse me for caring. I really have no idea what this community has become. I was hopeful of not picking up on this nonesense but having a few mails from Amiga folk that do care I thought I'd drop in and see what folk were saying.

Shouldn`t have bothered.... Nothing about the classic Amiga [ as ever ]

And for the record, I never have a rough day ... I have spendid days, cus I enjoy what I do. And I will be mucking round with my Amigas till the day I die. They are truly wonderful and a treasure. I would just like to help as many folk as I can in my travels. And from groups, mails, etc I daily do more than you can even imagine. So don`t go making little of ' my day ' As with the other guy ... I don`t know you do I... So don`t make presumptions about me.

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