[CentOS] [OT] how do I remove a battery

[Michael Hennebry]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, this one, Michael Hennebry,
wrote but accidentally sent only to Bowie Bailey:

> On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>
>> On 4/22/2014 4:08 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>>> I've got an MSI K9N Platinum MS 7250 VER 1.1
>>> motherboard with a dead battery.
>>> The battery mounts vertically:
>>> http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/battery.png
>>> To me, the tab on the right would seem to need moving.
>>> It does not want to move.
>>> I am reluctant to apply any more force than I
>>> already have without knowing how to apply it.
>>>
>>> How do I remove the battery?
>>
>> My first instinct would be to grab the battery and give it a pull. They are
>
> Thank you.
> Much to my surprise, the tab moved "down", perpendicular to the battery.
> I expect it was an even greater surprise
> to those who looked at the picture.
> Sorry about that.
> I seem to have picked the second worst angle for the picture.
> Despite appearances,
> the connector next to the battery is not flush with it.
> In fact, once I noticed the discrepancy,
> it took me a while to figure out that the thing was
> a connector and that the picture reflected reality.
>
> For those who care, the battery is the usual CR2032.


On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, g wrote:

> On 04/23/14 02:08, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>> I've got an MSI K9N Platinum MS 7250 VER 1.1
>> motherboard with a dead battery.

>> How do I remove the battery?
>
> 1- why not consider contacting MSI and ask?
>
>    http://us.msi.com/about/contact-us/

Because I'd left my head in my other hat.


On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, g wrote:

> being that one poster to thread ask for a view of + side
> of holder, to which op has not responded, it is of not
> known if there are contacts shown for + side of battery,
> so bending of retainer may not be an option.

I'd already got the battery out.
My apologies for the delay in the announcement.

An hour or two ago I replaced said battery with one
scavenged from the dead body of its predecessor.
Success.
I've ascertained that the motherboard retains
time between power plug-pullings.

-- 
Michael   hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical
reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young
goat to your SCSI chain now and then."   --   John Woods