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>
>
>
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