Reply 140 of 146, by Zack_H
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I got the Ni-Cd battery out of the Latitude XPi I posted above. It had corroded the connector and the whole connector came off of the motherboard! Thankfully, the pads are still there and in good shape, so if I get another battery for it I can just solder it back on. No big deal. I'm very glad the battery is gone now, and would urge any other XPi owners to also remove their backup batteries, as they will cause some nasty damage to the motherboard eventually. A few of the vias and components had corrosion on them on mine, but nothing too bad really. I gave the area a clean with some 91% IPA to get rid of any battery gunk that was still there.
Also, this machine has a great design, where you take the three screws out of the bottom, and the palm-rest slides down and comes off! No annoying tabs to break.
And yes, it does still work after reassembly 😀 It's really a great Windows 95 laptop.
Starting Windows 95. . .