From: Woody Smith (woodysmith_at_comcast.net)
Date: Wed May 04 2005 - 19:50:54 PDT
If you are up to a bit of soldering you can re-cell the battery
pack. The cells in it are AA NiMH cells.
See Franks site for some instructions for this re-build.
<http://www.pda-soft.de/hardware.html>
I'm a good bit sloppier than Frank so I split the case at the seam,
making sure that the end opposite the contacts stayed attached to the
side with the thermister contacts. New cells are larger and result
in a very snug fit, I had to carefully sand material from case to get
it to fit. On my second attempt I glued the cells in but left the
case open, not pretty but works.
Woody
On May 4, 2005, at 9:05 PM, Charlie Ranlett wrote:
> My MessagePad 2000's battery isn't really a great
> performer, and I'd rather not pay 20-30 bucks for an
> original battery tray for M2x00s. Is it possible to
> make a AA battery tray, either by removing the actual
> original batteries from the case (I'm assuming they're
> quasi-cells or paste-bags) or some kind of kit/Lego
> parts or whatnot?
>
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