Make sure the person you buy the battery from knows the date of
manufacture. Batteries age and if the battery you are thinking of
buying is more than 2 years old, find a new one. This is especially
true of sealed lead acid batteries (SLA) used for UPSs.
On 09/20/2014 04:04 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
I actually cheat with the battery. I leave it in as a battery backup in
case the power goes out....it shortens the life, but they become less
expensive as the laptop ages. But test them regularly - as they age and
can't hold a charge, they begin to heat up.
The cooling fan is a good idea....I keep my propped up in the back on a
piece of wood about 1.5" tall to help the air circulate. I can still
type on the keyboard like that.
Mark aka " The Cheapskate Computer Recycler". ;)
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Bryan O'Neal
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The battery and screen are the least heat tolerate parts. If you can
remove the battery and put the laptop on a cooling platform. And
keep it clean!
On Sep 20, 2014 10:43 AM, "Mark Phillips"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I have been running Dell Vostro 1520 laptop for about 5 years
practically non-stop without any issues. I have cleaned dust
bunnies out the fan a couple of times. YMMV with other laptops.
Mark
On Sep 20, 2014 3:29 AM, "Jon Kettenhofen" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Actually, not sure Tripp Lite makes great usps
but not sure about the isobar. If it's big or heavy, then
probably a UPS.
On 09/19/2014 04:08 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
Tripp Light Isobars..... is that a type of power strip?
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM,
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.__com
<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
I hope to get more than 3 out of mine.
On 2014-09-19 13:08, Stephen Partington wrote:
Well that could simply be the fact that they
used substandard
capacitors and part for the ethernet, and as
such it failed over
time.
manufactures consider laptops to be pretty
disposable after 2-3
years,
any older and they tend to get squirrely.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Michael Havens
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>
wrote:
That explains the fan but not the internet
switch.
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Stephen
Partington
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
At one time this was very true, and in some
ways it can still be
true. parts like the fans wear out, and due
to the space
constraints
in a laptop this is more critical, and
there are some thermal
considerations to think about as well. but
as long as you
are giving
decent airflow around the laptop, and you
are prepared to
swap a fan
sooner than later it should have no real
impact on the hardware.
I run mine for work 9+ hours straight and
the previous one i
had did
this for 4.4 years before it finally got
weird enough to be
replaced.
I would most definitely enable power
savings on your monitor
because
that screan can suffer from burnout, and
its not as easy to
replace
as a monitor.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Michael Havens
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>
wrote:
I read on another board that it was bad to
leave a laptop on
24/7 Is
that so? If it is I guess that is why my
laptop is having
problems!
:-)~MIKE~(-:
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