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cmjones01 · 24th Feb 2018, 4:26 pm

Hear hear. The batteries used on this generation of Acorn machines seem to be particularly nasty. I managed to remove the battery from my A3010 just in the nick of time: at least, it had started to ooze but the machine still worked. I've also got an A420/1 which I think has a separate battery, not on the motherboard, and is thus less prone to corrosion.

Chris

24th Feb 2018, 4:26 pm	#2
cmjones01 Nonode Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Warsaw, Poland and Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,681	Re: RTC Battery Leakage - Acorn A3000 Hear hear. The batteries used on this generation of Acorn machines seem to be particularly nasty. I managed to remove the battery from my A3010 just in the nick of time: at least, it had started to ooze but the machine still worked. I've also got an A420/1 which I think has a separate battery, not on the motherboard, and is thus less prone to corrosion. Chris __________________ What's going on in the workshop? http://martin-jones.com/