Re: New GS in the box

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

	I have a ROM 3 GS (that I put in a mint "Woz" case) that has a batter
that is working.  Before a battery corrodes all over the mobo, it will
have run out of juice, so to speak, first, right?



bp

Quadrajet1 wrote:
> 
> >>     Like after a few more decades, maybe. We have several old lithium
> >cells
> >>around, including some on motherboards from the early 1980's. None shows
> >any
> >>sign of leaking-- not really sure lithium cells ever leak.
> >
> >They do leak.  I had a watch with a lithium battery that leaked
> >after the cell died for a few years.  Granted, watch batteries
> >are thinner so will leak faster, but the same process will be
> >going on in a computer battery.
> 
>    I have seen at least 2 Mac II's with severe corrosion from a leaking
> battery, so it can happen.  More likely with Alkaline or NiCad's, of course....
> 
> Raymond

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