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Posted by chuck on 11/07/06 16:09
On 2006-11-07, el_steak <beaurm@videotron.ca> wrote:
> I re-opened the player last night and using my trusty Dremel, carefully
> removed the small defective battery.
>
> My plan was to remove the battery and solder wires from the (+) and (-)
> on the PCB to the main battery terminals. This was to prevent any risk
> of leaking / explosion of the faulty button cell that could occur by
> running it in parallel with the main battery.
>
> Surprisingly, the player worked fine after successfully removing the
> faulty cell, (but before rewiring it to the main battery) !
>
> I don't now what the purpose of that battery was, but now that it's
> gone, the player works fine and all the settings are remembered, even
> after removing the main battery.
>
> There's nothing written or etched on the faulty cell, so I don't no if
> it's lithium, nicd, NiMH or alkaline. It's about a quarter inch in
> diameter by 1/16" thick.
>
Just curious, I seem remember you saying this was a Sansa. It didn't get
stuck at the "initializing" screen, did it? I have a m240 that does
this. I can't see myself buying another Sansa since this one only lasted
6 months. My m240 has a cell that looks like this. If the problem you
had is similair to the one I described, I'll give that a try. The Sansa
is much easier to use with gloves on and this time of year, I'd rather
use the Sansa over my Zen Nano Plus if I can get the Sansa to work.
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