Thanks Bert, us Berts/Burts/Birts have to stick together 😊 The video where I show battery replacement as well as capacitor replacement is here
https://youtu.be/IGTdNMx1V1w Note that I replaced the battery with a supercap which I don't recommend, it was just a fun experiment. I'm in the camp of not recommending trying to snip the battery out as I have seen folks damage PCBs trying to snip things off the board. If you have the right type of snipper, as Josh recommends, and it is sharp it will be OK. If not don't attempt to snip, just desolder. Arcadeshopper and myself both stock batteries if you have trouble finding them. Also take a look at the electrolytic capacitors when you are in there. They are fond of leaking on the M100s and can wreak havoc. In the video description there is a color code map with capacitor part numbers. This is not a hard job, but you need some basic soldering skills. Jeff Birt (Hey Birt! on YouTube) -----Original Message----- From: M100 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bert Put Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 9:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] M-102 keyboard flat ribbon cable Oh, and also, Jeff Birt has a series of videos as well :-) On 7/30/20 9:29 AM, Bert Put wrote: > Hi, > > There's another member, Josh Malone, who has a youtube channel and > explains how to do that on both the M-100 and the T-102. There are > some very useful hints about assembly and disassembly that you MUST > pay attention to. Those videos were a great refresher for me. >
