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The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, I mostly was reading it as 'I put a new battery in, then tossed it back in the closet.' and was wanting to comment that adding the new battery isn't a great idea, heh.

Anecdotally, but the only leaky batteries I've had are ones that I replaced with new ones, which is why I'm on team no batteries if you're not using it and no batteries if it's not absolutely required to make the system work.

I'm assuming it's just a case of basically depreciated battery sizes being made by factories that aren't putting in the time to do as good of QA as you might get from a more first-tier manufacturer, but whatever it is, even a shiny new battery is a risk to vintage stuff at this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks for the warning. I got the computer out to use it for a bit, but I'll pull the battery again before it goes back on the shelf.