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Post #5 by LCGuy
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateTue, 3 Aug 2010 - 15:13
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/performa-575-and-macintosh-lc-for-free.21046/
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The battery goo took out the 68020, and there is a nice rust spot on the top case sheet metal above where the batterysplosion was. Anyone want to explain this one?
That rust would be from the battery acid. I have actually heard of very old PRAM batteries exploding like this in Macs before, I'd say there's a chance it could be the original PRAM battery, and that at some point the machine may have been dropped or otherwise received a violent shock, causing the battery to explode (Lithium batteries can become extremely volatile to shock when they age)

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