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Thread ID: 54096 2005-02-04 00:17:00 Macintosh LC-575 battery Morgenmuffel (187) Press F1
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321321 2005-02-04 00:17:00 Firstly thanks everyone who helped with my previous problem with the mac, I sorted it by downloading and reinstalling the O/S now the only problem I have is that the back-up battery appears dead

What does the battery actually do, I believe the machine i got has been sitting around for a year or two not being used, so do I perhaps just need to leave it on for a while to "recharge" the battery, the only problem seems to be the date/time not being kept in memory

Does anyone know where in NZ I would find one of these batteries being sold (cheaply) and what the price would be
The battery model number is

922-0750

the OEM versions are numbered

rayovac 841

obviously I could try a mac store, but most "brand" shops tend to be expensive, I have seen it being sold for anything from $8 US to $30 US on the net and as the computer only cost $5, I don't want to spend heaps of money on it.

And yes I have tried Google NZ

Thanks all
Nigel 		Morgenmuffel (187)
321322 2005-02-04 00:52:00 heh maybe you wan to look at this "trick"

mac battery (www.applefritter.com)

I've got a bunch of old macs at work, I could hunt for a good battery amongest them. For some iMacs I just found some batteries at electrician supply store.

They don't recharge and having your clock wrong is pretty annoying. Probably not as important as a battery on a PC (which if your bios settings get set back to the default settings can be a real pain). 		gibler (49)
321323 2005-02-04 01:29:00 I might have to try that it looks a lot cheaper than what I think the prices will be Morgenmuffel (187)
321324 2005-02-04 03:01:00 $2.43 for a good holder?

Battery Holder 3xAA PCB Mount
www.dse.co.nz 		godfather (25)
321325 2005-02-04 03:03:00 It's a 4.5 V battery, and the only problem might be the connector.(and room inside the case?) Get a 3 AA cell holder from Jaycar or Dick Smith , and solder the dead battery's cable and conector to that.(The connector pinout looked like (+) (key) (nothing) (-) in one of the Google abstracts from "rayovac 841"). Red will be positive, and black will be negative.;) Put in 3 AA alkalines and you're in business. If it won't fit in the case, use longer wires and tape it to the outside of the case.

$5 -- shocking isn't it? I bought a computer today -- a DSE "VZ200 color computer". It was in a two box auction lot which I got for $5 . I wasn't buying the computer ... 		Graham L (2)
321326 2005-02-04 05:04:00 I got the three battery version of this (www.dse.co.nz)

it seems to work, even though I could only find flat batteries

and just attached to the existing wires

Thanks 		Morgenmuffel (187)
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