A “copy/paste error” on a Mac logic board has led to some restoration problems.
  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I dug my LC III out of storage the other day and replaced the battery that had been in there for 31 years. Good to know about these capacitors. I’ll leave a note for myself inside the case.

    • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
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      2 months ago

      So uh, just a friendly suggestion: don’t leave any battery in any computer stored anywhere for any length of time.

      If you’re storing anything (expecially if it’s somewhere that’s going to be subject to extreme heat/cold, or humidity or whatever) longer than a couple of months, you should probably be yanking the battery out, because even newly made ones will leak given the right circumstances and enough time.