I believe other people have reported mixed results replacing the battery with a cap. Some people have had good luck, others not, and some said it worked fine on their 100's but not their 200, etc. The battery should really only be a nicd or nimh. I think the idea for the caps was they wouldn't leak, but they leak and degrade too because they are not solid state.
The only advantage I can see to caps is that caps aren't hurt by sitting dead, even for long periods, while draining all the way dead, and especially staying dead for any time does hurt batteries. On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 9:50 AM Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 9:32 AM Gregory McGill <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Flakey memory power switch? > > When I got the machine, I was initially suspicious of the memory power > switch, so I cleaned it with alcohol. > > However, if it were the memory power switch, why would it power up > after the external power was removed and re-applied. Genuinely curious > as to ways this could happen. I'm not familiar enough with the M100 > power circuit and I haven't had time to study the schematic like I'd > hoped. :-/ > > -Josh > -- bkw
