I tried fresh AAs in a CrapShack four cell holder and it didn't budge, same noise from the speakers . . .

. . . this morning I found that I got the same sound with no battery at all!

Time to put this away until the new Battery arrives.

The NetTop board hack is too easy and I don't feel like keeping this thing underneath/next to my main desk . . .

. . . it's back to the CD SC or some other smallish box for the ATOMICnetTop. :-/