Laptop battery

[goodbye kitty]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll go hunting and see what's out there.

I didn't know that keeping it plugged in was killing my battery so thanks for that tip.

Just a thought....I haven't gone to get a new battery yet because I never take my laptop walkabout. Is it harmful to my machine to just take out the old bat and run it off the mains?

Oh! Should I take my dead bat out anyway? Just wondering if I'm at any risk of explosions with the voltage still running through it?

I'd love a new laptop - my current one doesn't have enough space for all our music etc and I've no idea how to beef up it's memory (that's another thread I suspect). I might ask Santa for one!

[kiwi_bc]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll go hunting and see what's out there.

I didn't know that keeping it plugged in was killing my battery so thanks for that tip.

Just a thought....I haven't gone to get a new battery yet because I never take my laptop walkabout. Is it harmful to my machine to just take out the old bat and run it off the mains?

Oh! Should I take my dead bat out anyway? Just wondering if I'm at any risk of explosions with the voltage still running through it?

I'd love a new laptop - my current one doesn't have enough space for all our music etc and I've no idea how to beef up it's memory (that's another thread I suspect). I might ask Santa for one!

Prefer that you shut down the laptop before you unplug the battery.
You can run off mains only - I don't because I keep moving around.

re memory - I think you mean hard disk space - you can buy an external USB one - based on another thread LaCie don't seem reliable. I suggest get one built - with a generic enclosure and recommend Seagate as the drive manufacturer.

[Oman Mercenary]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll go hunting and see what's out there.

I didn't know that keeping it plugged in was killing my battery so thanks for that tip.

Just a thought....I haven't gone to get a new battery yet because I never take my laptop walkabout. Is it harmful to my machine to just take out the old bat and run it off the mains?

Oh! Should I take my dead bat out anyway? Just wondering if I'm at any risk of explosions with the voltage still running through it?

I'd love a new laptop - my current one doesn't have enough space for all our music etc and I've no idea how to beef up it's memory (that's another thread I suspect). I might ask Santa for one!

When I have examined "dead/low capacity" batteries and tried to force a re-charging current thro' them - I've always failed - even with a MUCH higher voltage supplied at the battery terminations - which means that they are totally unable to accept any current into them - thus they can NEVER get hot if left in situ with the mains adaptor on them.

More capacity? Well a tiny 2.5" USB2 container for a Laptop sized "Viagra" [Hard] Disk is much less than $80, and you can, I suppose even install a (high co$t) 120GB into it. Me? I just use a 40GB maximum in such containers.

Put in too high a capacity HD and it's sure to heat up the metal container much more than {say} a 40GB "Viagra" Disk will.

Not only that, but the surge current to start it up when plugging in to a USB2 port may well be far too much for the USB port to allow.

On some of my Laptops, I **HAVE** to make a double USB connection so that power requirements are "shared" if I'm to "fire-up" my 40GB Laptop sized HD's.

Most of my external USB encased HD's are a mere 10 or 20GB which work okay with just one power source USB socket.

Secondhand 10/20/30 GB Laptop 2.5" HD's are sometimes advertised cheaply, and an outlay of (usually) $50-60 for a USB case makes sense as they are easily swapped to get at different files as necessary. I paid $50 for a secondhand IBM 12GB some months ago!

YMMV.

[kiwi_bc]

I should have been more specific ... was referring to 3.5" HDD which are more cost effective - unless you want the portability and/or the "tidiness" of not needing extra cables as the 3.5" HDD needs external power.