> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Penney [mailto:blots at visi.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:26 AM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] OT: bios battery replacement in laptop > > > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 11:23, Lansing, Dan wrote: > > Off topic I know... I have recently acquired a Winbook X1 > and the BIOS battery is dead...Winbook support was useless > other than telling me it was soldered onto the board and I > would have to send it in...does anyone out there have any > experience with this sort of thing? I have found several > links online for Winbook bios batteries...none for this > model, but I'm sure I can find somewhere locally to get a > battery...and I was unable to find anything on replacing the > battery yourself...my soldering skills suck and I would like > to find someone to assist me.....respond off list if you are > interested in helping and have the skills to do this > > > > thanks > > Dan Lansing > > Have you had it apart? They probably just told you it was soldered on > because they don't want you opening it up. a soldered on battery just > seems like a really dumb idea to me. I've seen compaq deskpro's with the battery soldered. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list