Hal, that came off a 2008 ish HP motherboard. The pins didn't line up exactly, but were close enough to just angle them a little and they poked through. Obviously the battery life of the 2032 is going to be half or less of the 2450 that came out, but its at least easy to change now.
I hope those other two batteries don't bite it. Mine are so caked in that conformal coating that it will take me hours to dig them out without destroying the board below.
As it was, that 2450 didn't come out easy. I ended up breaking the spot welds on one of the tabs so I could lever up the battery as I was gingerly slicing the hardened goo that was holding it down. It was awful.
I have a second TS22a that hasn't had any issues, so I've never opened it beyond changing the 9v battery. I'm curious how different it is.
This yellow one in the pictures above is a hand-me-down from someone who worked at Lockheed-Sanders. It's written in marker on it, and they haven't been called Lockheed-Sanders since 1995! Not a terrible life span for a coin cell battery.
