MP 7,1 MP7,1 battery(s) ?

[bxs]

Are there any batteries inside the MP7,1 ? Thanks...

 

[AidenShaw]

Are there any batteries inside the MP7,1 ? Thanks...

There would be a least a coin-cell battery to power the clock and CMOS. If you're worried about shipping, those 2032 cells are too small to be a problem.

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[tsialex]

There would be a least a coin-cell battery to power the clock and CMOS. If you're worried about shipping, those 2032 cells are too small to be a problem.

Macs never had CMOS, it went from PRAM with OpenFirmware Macs to NVRAM with Intel Macs.

 

[DoofenshmirtzEI]

The keyboard and mouse, however, have batteries that could be a shipping issue.

 

[Snow Tiger]

Are there any batteries inside the MP7,1 ? Thanks...

There is not much you need to worry about . The onboard "Systems Settings" battery seems to defy removal anyways . I tried to remove mine and couldn't figure out a method . It has a very fragile holder .

 

[tsialex]

There is not much you need to worry about . The onboard "Systems Settings" battery seems to defy removal anyways . I tried to remove mine and couldn't figure out a method . It has a very fragile holder .

It's just for clock and related things like time elapsed from boot, no settings are kept by the battery at all.

 

[Snow Tiger]

Macs never had CMOS, it went from PRAM with OpenFirmware Macs to NVRAM with Intel Macs.

In honor of your discovery , I'm not calling the MP7,1's onboard battery the PRAM battery anymore ( even if that's what companies like OWC call that type of battery ) . It's now the "Systems Settings" battery and I'll probably get carpel tunnel syndrome from writing all those extra characters a zillion times . If my fingers hurt too much , it'll be PRAM battery again 😝 .
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It's just for clock and related things like time elapsed from boot, no settings are kept by the battery at all.

doesn't it also retain things like printer and display resolution settings after the power plug is yanked ?

 

[tsialex]

In honor of your discovery , I'm not calling the MP7,1's onboard battery the PRAM battery anymore ( even if that's what companies like OWC call that type of battery ) . It's now the "Systems Settings" battery and I'll probably get carpel tunnel syndrome from writing all those extra characters a zillion times . If my fingers hurt too much , it'll be PRAM battery again 😝 .
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doesn't it also retain things like printer and display resolution settings after the power plug is yanked ?

Nope, clock related only.

 

[Snow Tiger]

Nope.

I'd be curious to know if there is a full list of things its responsible for ( and especially what happens should the battery die in the future ) ? Considering it appears not to be user replaceable .

 

[tsialex]

I'd be curious to know if there is a full list of things its responsible for ( and especially what happens should the battery die in the future ) ? Considering it appears not to be user replaceable .

Battery just keeps the clock, time elapsed since boot and one other time related item. Every thing else is kept inside the NVRAM volume.