Re: Laptop battery
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:32:48 +0000
john gennard <joney@clara.co.uk> wrote:
> I am most grateful to the seventeen persons who
> responded to my request; it would take up a lot of list
> space to reply to each.
>
> In a few weeks, I'll be 76 and do not need to
> use a battery as I've no intention or need to take the
> machine outdoors. I could easily buy a new battery, but
> from a logical point of view, is it sensible to spend
> 40% of the secondhand cost when I can use the Adapter
> (one thing I have in my flat is a surfeit of plugs).
>
> What the replies prompt me to ask is:-
>
> a. Is it harmful to use the Laptop with Adapter
> without any battery on board?
>
AFAIK thinkpads will not run without butteries. Don't know if its a design
feature of flaw though.
Not sure what would happen with a dead battery.
> b. The way things are set up, the battery always
> seemed to 'leak' a little and each time I booted up the
> indicator would say eg '97% charged' and then go to 'fully
> charged' very quickly. So topping up was constantly taking
> place and this would seem to have been a bad thing. Could
> this have created the memory block referred to in the replies?
>
> I've accepted the fact that the battery almost
> certainly is u/s. I could later acquire a more uptodate
> Laptop, but I belong to the generation that still believes
> if you have something that works and fulfills your needs
> why replace it. In the short time I've had it, I've grown
> fond of this T20 and it's interchangeable drives and USB
> peripherals. And it is a lot smaller than I see most now
> on sale.
>
> Also (the same generation thing) I would like to
> try replacing the cells just to see if I can do that, but
> only if using the Laptop without any battery is feasible.
>
> Again, I am most grateful for the replies.
>
> Many thanks, John.
>
>
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