Busting a PowerBook 500 series battery open

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Made it most of the way but now I’m stuck and wary of damaging anything, particularly the orange ribbon around the battery contacts.
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Yeah it definitely is. I’ll bet it’s an early revision as it came from a grayscale 540 which was only sold up to October 1994. I’m cracking the second one open now. Going quicker this time since I know how now, and I’m taping it as a tutorial of sorts. This one’s leaked more but it should be able to be saved.
And thank you for all of your help!
 

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Well that was quick. Ripped the membrane slightly near the bottom left but not all the way so it *should* be fine. Both should be recoverable but I’ll start by just rebuilding one hopefully later this month.