Just a quick thanks to you all for the help and support.

I went to Jaycar today with a brainwave and just built a 2.4v nicad battery
pack and wired it in to the original connector on the card.

Doesn't look pretty but works great now (so far so good).

I Realised that I didn't NEED to match the batteries - just the battery
functionality.

Cheers all 

Chris 
Auckland NZ

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
John Clements
Sent: 12 June 2007 02:34
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] HP NetRaid 4m Card Battery dead

I have a few of the Cybikos.  The battery as I recall is a "F6" type.
You may want to search on this.  This store has some at $6 US/each.
http://www.multimeterwarehouse.com/F6.htm.  Aside from the Cybiko, these
appear to be used in some multimeters and some MP3 players.

Yes, $6 each is a lot considering what some pay for Cybikos, but I've
just seen these once in a battery store in Dallas.  They said they were
used in some cameras...

Good Luck, keep in touch.

John Clements
WB5SAL (amateur radio)
www.cclug.org



c@gavin-egan.com wrote:
> I've been playing with a server I bought a few months back. Its an old
1Ghz
> Dual P3 thing with a very nice Raid 5 Ultra scsi raid array etc.
> 
> Anyhow, I've just installed software - got it all lovely and playing with
> VNC etc on it when I thought I'd do a reboot and the Net raid 4m card in
it
> comes up with a FATAL ERROR - its onboard battery has decided (after being
> powered up for a couple of days) that it is dead.
> 
> I didn't know the Raid card had a battery on it. 
> 
> I haven't checked to see what the battery is yet but this is certainly old
> enough to be obsolete and any new old stock is probably knackered too
> 
> Its part number is HP D9161-60002 according to
> http://www.saveateagle.com/b-4025.html
> its simply 2x1.2v nicads (actually it might be 4 I haven't split the
plastic
> yet.) .
> 
> Can anyone in Aus/NZ recommend a supplier of matching retangular 1.2v
nicads
> with solder tags.It'd be nice to rebuild this battery so it fits nicely
back
> into position. Obviously a couple of solder tagged std 1.2v nicads would
do
> but I'd prefer to fix it properly. I've looked on RSWWW.com (RS
Components)
> and I can't find this shape - although I have seen them before (in
cybikos)
> 
> Isnt it great - As soon as I have the problem - I noticed the little
sticker
> that says - pull blue jumper when storing card for any longer than 14days
to
> preserve battery !.
> 
> Shouting at the inanimate object that I didn't know it had a battery
doesn't
> help really.
> 
> Needless to say - these cards are not worth a great deal (although my
server
> is worth  even less without it working, so it'd be good if the batteries
> aren't too expensive.
> 
> 
> Cheers guys
> 
> Chris
> 
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