Re: F*cking Intel

On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:15:19 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

Sheesh!  I rescued 5 NUCs.  Four had bad batteries.
As they are annoyingly compact, I figured I'd look for
a teardown before I dug into them.
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Sure 'nuff, you ave to take the entire device apart
to access the battery.  Which is then TAPED to the
underside of the cooler.
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OK, fine.  It's not in a battery holder (to save space)
but, rather, on pigtails with a 2 pin connector.
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"Intel does not provide battery replacements."
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Understandable.  You've got bigger issues to screw up!
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"CR2032 batteries with a wire and Molex connector may
not be locally available.  To find a replacement, search
the Internet for CR2032 with wire or CR2032 with Molex
connector and purchase through an online retailer."
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Wow!  How low they have fallen.
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Of course, this sort of search criteria doesn't guarantee
anything other than "CR2032" and "connector".  But, hey,
it's worth a try!
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Batteries arrived (Amazon).  Connectors are pinned exactly
backwards!  Must be one of those AC/DC batteries that
automatically adjusts polarity based on need...  yeah, right.
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How many folks will gleefully plug in the connector (it is
keyed to mate only one way) and fail to observe the reversed
red/black leads?
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(sigh)  "Not my problem!"

Tektronix made a sampling plugin  that used soldered-in coin cell
batteries to back-bias the sampling diodes. 7S14 maybe?