Yes - I know about the battery and found a replacement. It is a NiCad
2.4v (2 cell). Not so sure about the NiMH replacement though - can
you outline the argument against please?
Quoting Fr¨¦d¨¦ric BARTOLI <fred.bartoli@...>:
HI guys,
Quite a few years back I got an HP4194A dead (not booting). It 's
exactly the same chassis/cpu as the 4195A that I have a pair too.
When I got it, it appeared that the CPU board battery was dead, and
HP carefully designed a circuit that could not start on a dead
battery.
Damn HP, but wait...
The seller was a few km from me, so I paid him a visit to see how
the unit managed to not start... Blank screen sounded good to me.
I tried to make him end the auction early but he insisted on having
the auction go to it's end.
The auction was starting at Eur300, and I got it for Eur350 IIRC.
What I never told the seller is that I was ready to pay Eur1700 for
him to end it early... (those units are expensive and I really
wanted it)
Then troubleshooting was 2-3 hours (had to reverse that bit of CPU
board part) and a one hour trip to the next
all-kind-of-batteries-seller.
Not so damn HP :-)
Now back to the battery question, I can't remember if it was a
lithium or NiCd one, but it was a very common one and I could easily
find a replacement one and you should too.
Just don't replace the NiCd with NiMH, but I guess you know that.
Thanks,
Fred
It is a 2.4v NiCad (2 cell).
