Warning. Don't remove battery with usb power

Nick Guenther kousue at gmail.com
Tue Mar 4 19:48:02 CET 2008


Okay, thanks for the clarification. I was just concerned about hearsay
on the list. Thanks for the science.
-Nick


On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Ben Wilson <ben at abcom.co.nz> wrote:
> Hey Nick,
>
>  I've not looked at the electronics inside the neo myself but the sound
>  is typical in the electronics world of a switchmode power supply under
>  grate strain.
>
>  I was told by someone on the irc channel that OM folks recommend you
>  don't do it and
>  being an electronics engineer myself i recommend this too. The sound is not
>  something the phone should be emitting in normal operation.
>
>
>  Nick Guenther wrote:
>  > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Ben Wilson <ben at abcom.co.nz> wrote:
>  >
>  >> Hey,
>  >>
>  >>  Just a reminder to everyone *NOT* to pull out the battery while the neo
>  >>  has USB power.
>  >>
>  >>  You may not have heard it but the phone gets quite angry. As evident by
>  >>  a quiet scream the phone emits as the components in its power system
>  >>  begin to vibrate closer to magic smoke land.
>  >>
>  >
>  > Is this true? I haven't been worrying about the scream at all myself.
>  > how do you know the whine is from power components?
>  >
>  > -Nick
>  >
>
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