How do I replace the internal battery on a Palm Pilot Professional ?

[LR90]

Hi All!,

The batteries went flat on my pilot and when I switched on all the information was lost - I suspect that the small internal battery is flat.

Can anyone tell me what type of battery and voltage and is it easy to replace ??

Thanks for any help

Mark

[Jennifer S]

There is no battery - a capacitor is used to keep the info during a battery change. The capacitor could have gone bad. You can either change the batteries one at a time (which may or may not work), send it to a repair shop like PalmMedic, or do an Internet search to find the part number and try to fix it yourself.

Jennifer

[LR90]

Many thanks for the reply! I have manages to locate the relevant capacitor - one is 0.2F and the other is 1F. Any idea which one is better - I assume the bigger 1F cap will give me more time to change the batteries ??

[Jennifer S]

I found a newsgroup posting from someone who has done the replacement. He recommended the part here and said the .33F capacitor would have the largest capacity of those shown.