Aptus Internal battery

[GrahamWelland]

I took a few shots of honey whiskey and replaced it. Posted video of it here to help anyone:

Thanks for putting the video together for folks.

I did a couple of backs myself and my recommendation when lifting the boards is definitely to use a plastic tool vs finger nails/screwdriver etc. As mentioned long long ago, I found the iFixit plastic tools essential for popping off the connectors and also lifting the boards each time.

 

[Pieter 12]

Seems like a lot of work to replace a battery (poor design!). If the internal battery is only for the time & date, I wouldn't bother. Especially with my poor mechanical karma of late. But I wonder if it does affect anything else, are there any techs who work on these backs anymore?

 

[GrahamWelland]

Seems like a lot of work to replace a battery (poor design!). If the internal battery is only for the time & date, I wouldn't bother. Especially with my poor mechanical karma of late. But I wonder if it does affect anything else, are there any techs who work on these backs anymore?

I can understand the reluctance to go through the palava of swapping out the battery but the transformation from a crippled back to the way it was straight from the factory was worth it, for me at least. YMMV.

 

[revaaron]

It's 100% bad design. The way the battery is placed on the board, it definitely could have a replacement door.

 

[revaaron]

Thanks for putting the video together for folks.

I did a couple of backs myself and my recommendation when lifting the boards is definitely to use a plastic tool vs finger nails/screwdriver etc. As mentioned long long ago, I found the iFixit plastic tools essential for popping off the connectors and also lifting the boards each time.

Yeah, I have a knock off iFixit. I started using the screwdriver/nail and then when to a plastic spudger. I also tried using the spudger to pop out some of the connectors and then realized I needed plyers. There are usually plastic plyers/grips that flex which make things like this easier. My kid didn't have any of those.

I also accidentally grabbed a tri-point at one part in the beginning because my kid put the bit in the wrong place.

 

[MartinN]

Yes, indeed, something is wrong with design of Aptus, because my back is bricked because of blown firewire board. And I have heard so many similar stories. Firewire boards should be a commodity, not.

 

[buildbot]

I wish Phase One/Leaf/Mamiya would release the tools they have internally to configure/write software to the backs and firewire boards, I've heard that Phase can in some circumstances recover them, it just would not be worth the cost for anything other than a AFI back really.