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First post, by Soupdragon

Posted on 2012-03-07, 09:53

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I bought an old 486 from ebay with an ASUS ISA-486SV2 VLB main board in it. It has the original barrel type battery soldiered to the board. Should I remove it from the board I read some horror story’s of them leaking and destroying the main board. It looks fine at the moment but doesn’t hold its charged for over an hour.

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Reply 1 of 2, by DonutKing

Posted on 2012-03-07, 09:56

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Yes you should get rid of it ASAP. There ate lots of discussions about this on these forums, do a search if you want more info.

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Reply 2 of 2, by Soupdragon

Posted on 2012-03-07, 13:18

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Thanks I guess I'll remove it then 😀

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