Question about batteries. Should i be worried?

trydowave · 28 March 2015, 11:32

Hi. I've heard about battery leaks but i'm not sure what models the batteries are on and where they are?

I have an upgraded A1200 NOS recapped recently
an old A600 with meg upgrade recently refurbished and recapped
two A500s with half meg upgrades

I cant remember but I thought the A500 didn't have the battery but the A500+ did?

Any info would be great.

Thanks
Tony

ajk · 28 March 2015, 11:38

Of the wedge models only the A500+ has a battery on the motherboard. Other models might have one on an expansion board (in the trapdoor slot) which includes a real-time clock.

Some later expansions had coin cells, which don't leak as catastrophically as the larger barrel types.

trydowave · 29 March 2015, 21:04

I think I have 2 half meg upgrades. one of them is incased in metal. ill have to have a look inside.

Cheers

28 March 2015, 11:32	#1
trydowave Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: N/A Posts: 873	Question about batteries. Should i be worried? Hi. I've heard about battery leaks but i'm not sure what models the batteries are on and where they are? I have an upgraded A1200 NOS recapped recently an old A600 with meg upgrade recently refurbished and recapped two A500s with half meg upgrades I cant remember but I thought the A500 didn't have the battery but the A500+ did? Any info would be great. Thanks Tony

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28 March 2015, 11:38	#2
ajk Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,341	Of the wedge models only the A500+ has a battery on the motherboard. Other models might have one on an expansion board (in the trapdoor slot) which includes a real-time clock. Some later expansions had coin cells, which don't leak as catastrophically as the larger barrel types.

29 March 2015, 21:04	#3
trydowave Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: N/A Posts: 873	I think I have 2 half meg upgrades. one of them is incased in metal. ill have to have a look inside. Cheers

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