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386 barrel battery replacement

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Reply 20 of 25, by lowlytech

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Ironically I found a computer today with this exact same motherboard in it. The Varta had leaked all over U8 and ate thru several traces. Got the battery out and have the board drying after washing the battery corrosion off.

Did you have to put any jumpers on the board somewhere before you put the external battery pack on?

Reply 21 of 25, by Errius

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Don't think so. Do bad things happen if you connect an external battery without disconnecting or disabling the onboard one?

Currently waiting for some parts to arrive before resuming work on this.

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 22 of 25, by Errius

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Hello again. I've got hold of a TL866II for reading the ROM. What IC setting should I use? The chip has a National Semiconductor logo on it, but I presumably have to remove the AMI label to see which model it is, which I would rather not do.

A 386 ROM would be 32 KB?

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 23 of 25, by abc

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Guys, external battery was one standard 4.5V for all generations ? Or was there higher/lower exceptions ?

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Reply 24 of 25, by maxtherabbit

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Original IBM AT used 6V. Most designs will tolerate either 4.5V or 6V