User`s guide
Especially if you are joining bare leads to bare leads, you could end up
with more bare wire than you are comfortable with. Check that the bare leads do
not touch anything they should not. Bend the leads as required and position the
new battery so that nothing will bump into the Power Supply when it is replaced.
The usual recommendation for this kind of work is that the computer be OFF.
This reduces the risk of damage should a bit of solder, a wire, etc. fall onto
the motherboard.
When disposing of the old battery, snipping off its leads at the battery to
reduce the chance of a direct short is a good safety measure. It's hard to be
sure an old battery is completely dead; and, a direct short could produce enough
heat to burst the battery and/or start a fire.
GS users are sometimes shocked to discover that a replacement battery may
cost $8 to $13. This has led to suggestions that 2-3 standard 1.5V cells in a
holder be used. While any number of lower-cost replacement setups can work, this
is pretty close to a classic 'you get what you pay for' situation. Regular 1.5V
cell combos reportedly crater in about a year. A 3.6V 1.2AH Lithium battery is
routinely good for at least 5 years.
Our old Nite Owl battery is going on year 8 or 9. That's a lot of years
without having to worry about burst and leaking cells or needing to pull the
Power Supply and mess with swapping-in replacement cells.
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From: Rubywand
008- Is there a program to record my Control Panel, etc.
settings and restore them after the GS BatRAM battery is
replaced?
Yes. A number of users have created programs to Save and Restore BatRAM
values. The one included as a FAQs Resources file is named "BATRAMMER". It is in
file R007BATRAMM.zip. After unzipping the downloaded file, use ShrinkIt or GS-
ShrinkIt to unpack the file.
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From: Adalbert Goertz
009- How can I safely clean out dust from my Apple II's
motherboard, case, and expansion cards?
I use a Dustbuster. Block one exit vent and aim the other vent as a blower
into the computer. That Dustbuster has strong lungs!