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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] IIx Battery Question

2012-03-05 by Harald Feldmann

Hi Roland,

Most likely the card is not seated properly, try re-seating the card.
Removing the battery is all that was needed. The system will forget what
the year and time is after you switch it off.

Regards,
Harald.

> Hi all,
>
> wasn't it advised many times in the past to remove the battery on the
> CPU card in IIx CMIs to prevent damage on the card in case the
> battery start to leak ? That's what I remembered.
>
> Today I finally removed it, on the CPU card in the slot that reads
> -133- . Was there anything else to do except removing the battery ?
> Now that I put the card back into the machine, connected the two
> connectors (while the top connector remains empty), the machine
> refuses to start at all. All I get is a sometimes green, sometimes
> black screen.
>
> Any ideas ? Did I miss something ?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Roland
>
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