[c-nsp] Re: cisco 7200 battery

[John Jackson]

If your 7200 is powered up, is there anyway of knowing if your battery is
dead?  A command or some light on the box?  I'm guessing but hoping so.

Thanks
John
http://tidbitsandbytes.blogspot.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Robert E.Seastrom
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:58 PM
> To: Eric Kagan
> Cc: 'Mark Kent'; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Re: cisco 7200 battery
> 
> 
> "Eric Kagan" <ekagan at axsne.com> writes:
> 
> > Some of the IO have the battery soldered and you can actually replace it
> but
> > its not that easy !
> 
> There are two flavors - one has the batteries built into a Dallas chip
> like Suns use (which also contains the nvram).  I've never
> re-batteried one of those, but since they're socketed it ought to be
> straightforward.
> 
> If on the other hand your IO board has a coin cell with three legs
> hanging out of it, the original battery in question is probably a
> Ray-O-Vac p/n BR2335T3L (BR2330-1GU is said to be an appropriate
> substitute).  You can get 'em from Newark.
> 
> It's not terribly difficult if one has the proper tools (vacuum
> desoldering station helps, but you can get by with desoldering wick,
> dental picks, and an assortment of tiny dikes and needle nose pliers).
> 
> The preferred approach (and the one that I've found optimal in the
> past) involves buying beer for someone who does SMT rework for a
> living - for them this is a walk in the park by comparison.
> 
>                                         ---Rob
> 
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