[NTLK] The death of a MessagePad 2000 battery

[Woo]

Wrap it air-tight in a ziplock bag, 
put it in the freezer for 1-2 hrs.,
take out of bag, make sure no condensation on batt. terminals,
put into Newt and recharge overnight.
HTH.

I've bought 'dead' batts and got some use after this trick. :) YMMV.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeremy O'Brien <obrien654j at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 28, 2010 1:17 AM
>To: Ntlk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
>Subject: [NTLK] The death of a MessagePad 2000 battery
>
>So my MessagePad's battery kicked the bucket yesterday, and will no  
>longer charge. I noticed a battery tray for it online for $35, which  
>seems a bit pricy to me for a molded piece of plastic and some  
>springs. Does anyone know of a battery solution for this thing that  
>can be acquired for cheaper? I have my eMate in the meantime, but  
>rebooting my eMate after every time I sync newtonworks files to NCX  
>over Ethernet is rather tiresome.
>
>Thanks!
>Jeremy 
>
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