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After the putty has cured, a Dremel can be used to saw off the excess material and drill a hole for the screw to hold the PCI card in place. | After the putty has cured, a Dremel can be used to saw off the excess material and drill a hole for the screw to hold the PCI card in place. | ||
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+ | ====== Jump Start Dead Batteries ======= | ||
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+ | After storing devices with a battery inside for a longer while, due due to passive and residual current flowing through the circuits, batteries tend to be drained completely to the point that even battery chargers will not be able to recharge the battery. For instance, the popular IMAX multi-battery charger and its clones, when connected to the terminals of the battery will report that the connection is broken and will refuse to charge the battery at all, the error message displayed being " | ||
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+ | Assuming that one has access to a battery charger such as the IMAX, a voltage generator and a battery that will not charge, a technique to get the battery jump-started is to apply the battery' | ||
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+ | Hopefully, the effect will be that the battery will be charged just enough for the battery charger to pick up the battery voltage and accept to charge the battery. | ||
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+ | This was carried out on a Sony SP73 LiIon battery powering a Sony MX2 that was completely drained to the point that the IMAX charger reported " |