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First post, by Jonas-fr

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I just finished restoring my Macintosh SE/30 motherboard by doing a capkit and cleaning all the gunk with litres and litres of IPA (the alcohol not the beer silly). Thankfully the PRAM battery didn't leak so that was one thing less to deal with.

Now I'm faced with the task of replacing the battery (a rechargeable 3.6V one). Before doing so I'm thinking about alternatives in order to put something less hazardeous that won't spill in 10+ years (or will do less damage than these horrendeous batteries we loathe). Did any tried alternatives like supercaps in these beasts (talking about a Macintosh SE/30 here but applicable to other machines of course). The goal here is to futureproof my repairs and facilitate the life of the 10 years ahead owner (future me ^^)

Reply 1 of 4, by Doornkaat

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I'd suggest soldering wires to the back of the PCB to attach a battery and store it somewhere where it can't do much damage.

Reply 2 of 4, by Jonas-fr

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Yes I was thinking of this also but ideally i'd like to refrain from modding to much.

Reply 3 of 4, by Doornkaat

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I was thinking modding the back instead of removing the holder and soldering in a capacitor would actually be reversible much easier and basically non-destructive.

Reply 4 of 4, by uridium

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3x AA rechargables external to the system? 1.2v each.

Just a thought. I have it on one of mine with a JST connecter out a duct because I'm Mr Classy 😜