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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: F*cking Intel
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:15:19 -0700
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Sheesh!  I rescued 5 NUCs.  Four had bad batteries.
As they are annoyingly compact, I figured I'd look for
a teardown before I dug into them.

Sure 'nuff, you ave to take the entire device apart
to access the battery.  Which is then TAPED to the
underside of the cooler.

OK, fine.  It's not in a battery holder (to save space)
but, rather, on pigtails with a 2 pin connector.

"Intel does not provide battery replacements."

Understandable.  You've got bigger issues to screw up!

"CR2032 batteries with a wire and Molex connector may
not be locally available.  To find a replacement, search
the Internet for CR2032 with wire or CR2032 with Molex
connector and purchase through an online retailer."

Wow!  How low they have fallen.

Of course, this sort of search criteria doesn't guarantee
anything other than "CR2032" and "connector".  But, hey,
it's worth a try!

Batteries arrived (Amazon).  Connectors are pinned exactly
backwards!  Must be one of those AC/DC batteries that
automatically adjusts polarity based on need...  yeah, right.

How many folks will gleefully plug in the connector (it is
keyed to mate only one way) and fail to observe the reversed
red/black leads?

(sigh)  "Not my problem!"