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Subject: Re: Vivante XL: How to open? Service manual?

Author:
ashot

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Date Posted: 20:39:49 05/09/01 Wed
In reply to: Shamim 's message, "Vivante XL: How to open? Service manual?" on 17:54:05 04/21/01 Sat

Hi,
don't rush to break the thing, it may still serve you for a while. Some info on CMOS bat replacing is at:
http://computriots.tripod.com/faq_cmos.htm

also make sure you check transmonde yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transmonde/

ashot.

>My Vivante XL has died - on power on, nothing on the
>screen. I tried connecting an external monitor,
>nothing.
>
>I read in some other messages about replacing the CMOS
>battery. How do I open the thing up to do this? I
>tried removing all the obvious screws (including the
>ones in the battery and CD-ROM bays) but I couldn't
>see any way of getting it open.
>
>Is there any kind of documentation available on these
>machines? If it's truly dead, can I cannibalise any
>parts? (A 14" LCD monitor would be nice to have... if
>only I could re-use the screen from the laptop...)

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