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Re: 360C problem



Don't keep trying to charge a bad battery on your 360C!  The 360 and 355
both have a problem where the power connector is soldered onto the pc
board.  All the current goes through a feed through which eventually
gets so hot it turns the board around it black.

Jim

Bob Garagliano wrote:
> 
> Philip Carter wrote:
> 
> > Sounds like the battery doesn't have the capacity to run the machine (with
> > the drives in place).  The battery may be so bad as the charger can't run
> > the computer without the battery.  Have you tried a new (or different)
> > battery?
> >
> 
> You may be right. I just put it through a charge cycle and got 6.5 volts on
> the battery that should be 9.6. I may have a chance to try a battery over the
> next few days from someone else's working 360, I'll post the results here.