schmisl
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I have an older Sherwood Souce computer which is a non user-replaceable battery model. What is the probability of replacing this battery by the user?
Thanks
FYI.....
Well, after a few days of wondering, I took my computer and decided to see how hard the battery would be to replace.
I made a tool to unscrew the small cover on the back.
Found out that this was the pressure sensor and put the cover back on.
I figured out that the ring around the bottom actually unscrewed.
Took that off and pulled the bottom half of the computer away from the top half. An o-ring seals the backplate to the clear front cover. Also there is a small ribbon cable connecting the two halves of the computer, so you can only separate the halves so far. This, I found out is where the battery is.
The battery is a 3.6v 1/2 AA lithium that is available at any Radio Shack or one of these new "Batteries R Us" stores for about $10.50. There is no soldering required. Just pull out the old battery and put in the new one. I decided I should change out the little desicant pouch found inside plus inspect and lube the o-ring with some silicone gel. I reassembled the whole thing and it works just like new.
What I don't understand about this whole thing is that how did the manufacturer justify charging around $80 to do this?
Thanks
FYI.....
Well, after a few days of wondering, I took my computer and decided to see how hard the battery would be to replace.
I made a tool to unscrew the small cover on the back.
Found out that this was the pressure sensor and put the cover back on.
I figured out that the ring around the bottom actually unscrewed.
Took that off and pulled the bottom half of the computer away from the top half. An o-ring seals the backplate to the clear front cover. Also there is a small ribbon cable connecting the two halves of the computer, so you can only separate the halves so far. This, I found out is where the battery is.
The battery is a 3.6v 1/2 AA lithium that is available at any Radio Shack or one of these new "Batteries R Us" stores for about $10.50. There is no soldering required. Just pull out the old battery and put in the new one. I decided I should change out the little desicant pouch found inside plus inspect and lube the o-ring with some silicone gel. I reassembled the whole thing and it works just like new.
What I don't understand about this whole thing is that how did the manufacturer justify charging around $80 to do this?
