On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:26:01 -0600, Tom Penney <blots at visi.com> wrote: > 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 had a few laptops apart and I've soldered my own laptop boards but > I don't think I'd be comfortable soldering someone else's. > JB weld. It's the only way to go. > > Tom Penney <blots at visi.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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