Dell plans to announce a recall of 4.1 million batteries worldwide. Dell has identified a potential
issue associated with certain batteries sold with Dell Latitude™, Inspiron™, XPS™ and Dell Precision
Mobile Workstation™ notebook computers. Here's a list of the affected models: Latitude: D410,
D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810 Inspiron: 6000, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300,
500m, 510m, 600m, 6400, E1505, 700m, 710m, 9400, E1705 Dell Precision: M20, M60, M70 and M90 mobile
workstations XPS XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170 and XPS M1710 Have your batter...

I'm currently using a regular power surge protector for my computers. I have been thinking of
buying a UPS battery backup instead. Is there any big advantage over having a regular surge
protector? I mean, if I do get a surge, will the UPS backup still be in good condition for me to
shut my computer down properly? Most of the lower end UPS backups I've seen say the power run
time is 4-10 minutes long. Why does it take 4-8 hours to charge it up to 90% and give so little
power usage at the end? What should I look for in terms of joules, VA, and other terms I see be...

I had my laptop for over a year and suddenly one day it won't hold the charge in the battery
anymore. So I thought it was a bad battery...sent it in to be repaired and the techs said it's
not the battery. Tested ok. They said it was the charging port. Warranty was over already so I dealt
with the issue...about 3 years now. I want to know how to repair this. Do I have to change the whole
motherboard to replace that battery compartment area? Or is there an easier way to do this? The
laptop is a Prostar 6194. Thanks....

Hey all, I own a Samung NV 5000 laptop and the battery could now only last for 30-45 minutes :s. I
read from here: Apple Notebook Batteries that it would be best to discharge your battery once a
month. QUOTE(Apple) Apple recommends charging and discharging its battery at least once per
month. Although I don't own a laptop notebook, it should be similar to all Lithium-ion
batteries, right? So my question is: how do you discharge a battery? xboxrulz...

Before continuing with my post, I must admit that this may not be the appropriate forum for posting
this topic, however, I couldn't find one that's why posting it here. There are four types
of batteries available for mobile phones: Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) These are least expensive of
rechargable batteries, but suffer from inherent shortcomings like memory effect. Here, if the
battery is not fully drained before recharging, the unused portion crystallizes hence the complete
capacity of the battery is not fully used. Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) This technolo...

I got an old laptop from someone, and had to load windows98 on it, as it's too slow to take
anything better. I was able to find all the drivers on the internet, in particular from
driverguide.com and IBM's website, but there was no driver for power management or battery.
There is a battery in the laptop, but in power options it says i don't have one. how can i get
the computer to accept that there's a battery there? As it is now, as soon as i pull the power
cord the laptop goes off....

i got a really old sager multimedia notebook computer from a friend (made in 1997) and it is in good
condition and i want to fix it up for the hell of it. i cant find anythign on it though because of
how old it is... --->heres the info i got off the stickers on the notebook s/n I740NPD1569 its a
multimedia notebook computer model # 862 make: sager (sager site says its a np8620)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- i need a hard drive for it
(the one that was in there is only a 1.44gb and it is failing. i also need to get ram for it, ...

Ever heard of overclocking your notebook? please don't, instead under-clock it, it is safe, and
fruitful( longer battery life, less wear and tear of your processor, less heat emitting, and a lot
more) Download Centrino Hardware Control ( i cant remember the website, but suing Google is good
choice) and Prime95 from http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm Unzip the programs to the
directories of your choice Launch Prime95.exe, download and begin calculations, minimize the
window (you should see a red icon in your system tray), then launch centrino hardware control...

hi there, i wonder if notebook can be overclocked.. like cpu or the graphic card, or may the fsb and
the cpu... do you where i can get the software to do this... here if the specification of my
laptop... please advice: Inntel Centrino 2.13 GHz processor, 2 MB L2 Cache 512 MB DDR SDRAM memory
ATI Mobility Fire GL 5000 the model is compaq nw8240\ -----Removed your double topic and double
post /wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /> -----szupie ...

I have seen all over the place (even in BJs) USB powered cooling pads for notebooks. I was just
wondering if anyone had any incite on the topic. Are they worth it? Does anyone use them? Also, what
would be a good price or brand to look for if they are indeed worth it? Thanks a bunch ahead of
time....

Ok, now I have a real question, I intent to actually do this, so please do not give me the bad
advice LOL... Currently I only have a 12GB HD in an IBM Thinkpad 390E (the series with a 14.1inch
screen). I would like to have a bigger HD, anything more than 12GB, the idea is so that I can run a
Dual Boot more or less. Well, it doesn't have to take me to dual boot /wink.gif' border='0'
style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /> I could for example keep this 12GB for Linux and
use the bigger one for Win. Or something like that. Anyhow that is the goal. Does anyo...