Re: [NTLK] Subject: Re: Cracked u2100 case: No battery conne

From: John Hay (OceanCity_at_mac.com)
Date: Wed Sep 07 2005 - 07:05:22 PDT


Fred,

Two thoughts.

One, Take a super close up photo and post it for us to see High Res
on your .mac account or somewhere.
Two, I'd be happy to mail you an extra battery pack for you to test
with.
Let me us know. Please post the photo first if you can.

John

On Sep 7, 2005, at 9:34 AM, Frederick Bauman wrote:

>>> I had exactly this behaviour with a partially damaged accu case.
>>> After
>>> dropping a MP2k onto the floor the accu was released by the hit. Not
>>> only that it came off the Newton but the small wedge shaped teeth,
>>>
> I can't find any visible damage to the battery pack other than the
> rebuild work was a little rough.
>
>
>>> which is holding the accu inside the Newton has been deformed. Its
>>> edge was now rounded and let about 1mm more space than before, which
>>> was enough to cause an unreliable contact, like you described.
>>>
> Can you describe more throughly which part this is?
>
>
>
>>> I tried
>>> to form it back by applied cold force and it works since then.
>>>
> I'm not sure where the problem is coming from. If I had another
> battery pack to test I could eliminate it as a problem as I can't
> confirm myself where the problem lies.
>
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