Yeah I agree, if it really looks like the cover will still fit, I don't see a downside. And you're right -- these will eventually have to be replaced by either us or a new owner down the road; why not make it easy?
Thanks Brian, that's a really cool idea. On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 11:39 PM Mike Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, please. > > TIA > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 12:27 AM Brian K. White <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> OK so Sean got his own, so, Mike & Gary? >> >> I'll throw in some jst connectors so if you want you can take a stab at >> making the pack disconnectable too for storage and for future >> replacement without any more soldering. I thought it might be good to be >> able to store the thing with the battery disconnected while the bus pins >> are buried in conductive antistatic foam. Plus just future owners won't >> have to keep resoldering the pcb for future batter changes. >> >> I don't know if it will really fit, and I didn't think of it until I >> already soldered mine. But I have a bunch of these connectors and I >> tried a dummy test fit just sticking the empty connector housings in a >> cavity next to the molex socket and then putting the ram board back, and >> it looks like it should actually fit with the wires in theory. >> >> Here is the empty connector housings (red thing), both male & female >> connected the way they would be. It's hard to see from stright above >> like this but the depth is low enough that the pcb does install and lay >> right over top of the connectors. It looks like there is just room for >> the wires to snake out & back. >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/gVjRYPRcKmriWn29A >> >> >> I was surprised that definitely the battery is needed for more than just >> holding the ram contents alive during standby. When I tried running with >> the unit installed with no battery connected (no dead battery pulling >> the rails down), even with the pcb fully cleaned in my ultrasonic and >> dried, it *barely* worked. It usually crashed the machine any time I >> tried to run the Bank# menu enries. The relay would click and the screen >> would die and that's it, have to cold reset to get a menu again. >> >> And since installing the new pack, it seems to work perfect with no >> relay clicks and no main menu crashes or even appearing to be trying >> hard or anything. >> >> -- >> bkw >> >> >> On 2/16/23 23:45, Mike Stein wrote: >> > Yeah, I'm sure surprised by how many of us have come out of the >> woodwork ;-) >> > >> > m >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 11:01 PM Sean O’Brien <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > Thanks Gary! But no, I’ll soon have a surplus of them. So if you or >> > anyone else needs one… just ask. :D (Seems like there are more of >> > these expansion banks still out there than I’d have thought. ) >> > >> > Sean >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > > On Feb 16, 2023, at 11:27 PM, Gary Weber <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > > >> > > But you need it, don't you Sean? >> > > I just visited the eBay link and they're still selling them; I >> > have no problem ordering one there. >> > > >> > >> >> -- >> bkw >> >>
