On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:35 PM, william degnan <[email protected]> wrote: > It was a pain to take the M7626 apart, I did think about replacing but > decided I don't mind entering in the date whenever I boot up the system vs. > worrying about the future. >
Removing 6 screws and a lock nut on the M7626 KA660 H3602 console panel to remove the PCB so you can remove the battery now is a lot easier and better than doing it later after the battery has started leaking and corroding things and then trying to repair the damage. I was just looking at a system with an M7626 KA660 a couple of days ago and the network connectivity through the H3602 AUI Ethernet port was very flaky. The H3602 had some signs of leaking battery corrosion that I had previously tried to clean. I swapped that H3602 panel with another one that also had some signs of leaking battery corrosion and that one seemed to work OK, at least for now. Trying to correct whatever is damaged on the bad H3602 panel will be a pain. It's not worth the risk of leaving those NiCad battery packs in any old DEC gear. It's not that much of a pain to set the date and time every time I actually get around to powering on the systems. The early VAX 3100 desktops have those same evil NiCad battery packs.
