[sdiy] DX7 battery replacement help

[Andre Majorel]

On 2009-09-05 21:42 -0700, Jason Proctor wrote:

> hi all -- i'm about to dive in and replace the shot battery on my  
> original series DX7. i came across some instros here --
>
> http://www.maths.abdn.ac.uk/~bensondj/dx7/battery.txt
>
> -- which specify a maximum 40w soldering iron ("or you WILL fry the board").
>
> i have a Weller WTCPT, which is 60w. i'm fairly handy with a
> soldering iron and the actual soldering looks pretty simple.

Well, I removed my DX7's battery using a WTCP. No problems.

I worked as fast as I could and waited a bit between pins, but
that wasn't for fear of damaging the PCB. I don't know how much
heating a lithium battery can take and I don't want to find out
the hard way.

-- 
André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>