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mince-inside
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From: Made in Alnwick living in Scot
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The thing that's bugged my since the doe eyed P900 flashed it's eye lashes at me is the need for a charger on the cradle. So tonight I decided it's time to 'get it's clothes off'! The most time consuming part of the whole exercise was finding my mutlimeter (to find 5V on USB bus) and then finding a 9V battery for my mutlimeter.
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Small Phillip screw driver
Soldering iron with solder
Wire (Take the side off your PC there loads of unused wire for powering LEDs, speaker etc)
Remove the base (screws under 3 of the 5 plastice feet)
Remove the circuit board and solder a wire from the Red USB wire to the closest post of the mains input.
Job done
Mr Mince
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scotsboyuk
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@mince-inside
Will you show us how to make a Barbie doll house out of a ceareal packet, a washing-up liquid bottle, a wire coat hanger and some sticky back plastic next week? 
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mince-inside
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@scotsboyuk - I tought you'd prefer an open top V8 E-Type Jag for your Barbie 
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scotsboyuk
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I already told you I don't have that sort of Jag, mind you I do like the soft-top when its sunny.
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mince-inside
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Right that enough views for members to cry 'bollocks it cannot be done' I screwing it back together - until I get a dry joint on my expert solding due to donkeys old solder (no flux cores!)
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scotsboyuk
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@mince-inside
I feel that there hasn't been enough techno-babble in this thread yet.
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mince-inside
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@scotsboyuk, that'll have to wait 'til the morning I guess when the 'Mecons' are awake and surfing at work - not that its a wrong thing to surf at work whilst you wait on numbers crunching etc. Ooops or to be a Mecon, most of my.... no that would be a lie
Last pic (all taken with a 2 megapixel CybershotU)
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scotsboyuk
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What is a 'mekon'?
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mince-inside
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Oh the joys of my spelling sorry Mecon, I'll edit above...
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switchbitch
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And what exactly have you done except take your cradle apart?
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mince-inside
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I soldered the white wire!! It's as simple as that, as it had to be, hence bugged so much.
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switchbitch
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what white wire have you soldered and why??
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mince-inside
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Shite man, I thought I was doing well, I guess a before and after would have been more correct, any how, I'll edited in photoshop a before (thanks for the compliment on my soldering if you cannot tell! )
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switchbitch
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Put away the buckfast mate.
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mince-inside
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A before (just for @switchbitch)
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Posted: 2004-08-29 22:50
