I woke up this morning to find my laptop had shut itself down, and it won't power up. The lights come on briefly but it turns right off.
I'm pretty sure that the battery has reached the end of it's life, it hasn't been holding charge for quite a while, so I always run it on AC. I hope that it's that it just won't run without the battery and the basic laptop are OK. The laptop in question is a Thinkpad A21e. Now I'm pretty desparately trying to find a replacement battery ASAP. The batteries plus guy tells me that it's a hard to get item new, and he can't even order it until Monday. He does say that they should have them in the warehouse in both LiON and NiMH. So a short term and some longer term questions. 1) The guy at batteries plus told me that I might try to find a used computer dealer who just might have a used but working battery. Anyone know of any local sources to try? 2) Any pointers to other retailers which might be a source for a new replacement? I'm striking out on the websites of the usual big-box retailer sites. 3) Is the 40% difference in price worth it to get an LiON instead of a NiMH for an older laptop like this? I'm in a bit of a pickle since I've pretty much dependent on the laptop during my recuperation. This computer is up stairs which I'm not supposed to be climbing. I did manage to grab a copy of the OOCalc spreadsheet where I've been keeping track of the stuff my doctors want. I'd thought that I was saving it on a network drive, but in my perhaps drug-induced haze I'd only been saving it on the laptop. +10 for Backuppc! -- Rick DeNatale -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
