Re: Batteries, 701

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Oct 19 1999 - 10:21:15 EDT

don't "file" any contacts, use a pencil eraser and be sure not to allow any
shavings off the eraser to become lodged anywhere on or in the the machine..

Tom Trottier wrote:

> How about filing the contacts a little to clean them. This should reduce any
> excess resistance. I like the diamond-coated nail files you can get in any
> drug store.
>
> Tom
>
> On 6 Sep 99, at 7:52, Jonathan Berry <jberry_at_islandnet.com> wrote:
> Subject: Re: Batteries, 701
> Date sent: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 07:52:53 -0800
> ...
> > Recently, a second battery which had a pretty good rating
> > (about 2:40 if I recall) suddenly stopped working. The
> > Configuration Utility variously says "battery not installed" or
> > "defective battery", and two of the four contacts on the
> > battery are slightly discoloured (one is more green, the other
> > is more bronze). I guess that it shorted or maybe the chip
> > inside the battery itself fried. Is there any chance of
> > reviving this battery? If not, is the dead battery worth
> > anything?
> >
> ...
> ------------------
> From:Tom Trottier,
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> _ \< "Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler" - Einstein
> (*)/'(*)
>
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>
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>
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