On Fri, 25 Apr 2014, g wrote: > something i will suggest, being that you pulled cell from > a dead board, consider getting another cell. > > then, wrap cell and package it is in with 'saran wrap', squeeze > out as much a possible, then wrap with aluminum foil. place in > freezer and it will be waiting for you when you need it. do > allow 12 - 16 hours for warm up before using. Makes sense to me. I'll do that the next time I do a mail order. > i have kept batteries and cells in freezer for over 10 years and > they still give over 1 year 'shelf life' service. i do not > recommend doing such with "silicone" batteries', aka, "gel cell" > batteries. > > also, when you change a cmos cell, you may do so with power > supply turned on to preserve cmos settings. That I did not know. 'Tis contrary to a lot of other advice, but it makes sense. Other things that I might want to preserve include two power supplies, an IDE-only CD reader, an IDE-only DVR writer and an AGP video card. I do not have a lot of convenient storage space on my main floor. Ideally, none of the five will be used for a while. Suggestions regarding storage? I also have four 1-GB DDR2 memory cards. My two exant computers have two 2-GB DDR2 memory cards each and room for two more cards, As the information does not seem to be on the cards, I will probably have to do a search to discovery whether the old cards can keep up with the new. Supposing they can, I am debating between prompt install and waiting until I need more memory. If I put them in an anti-static bag first, would the freezer trick work with the memory cards? -- 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