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Hardware tips: USB-to-IDE/SATA adapter, laptop parts on eBay

Posted May 4, 2011 - 9:23 am

The battery on my Asus U6S laptop is just over three years old. Unsurprisingly, it can barely hold a charge anymore, in part because the person who used it most (I'm looking at you, Mrs. Hassle-Free PC) kept it plugged in all the time. As I've mentioned in the past, that's a surefire way to reduce a battery's longevity and capacity.
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Three laptop parts you can replace cheap on eBay

Posted April 22, 2011 - 3:47 pm

The battery on my Asus U6S laptop is just over three years old. Unsurprisingly, it can barely hold a charge anymore, in part because the person who used it most (I'm looking at you, Mrs. Hassle-Free PC) kept it plugged in all the time. As I've mentioned in the past, that's a surefire way to reduce a battery's longevity and capacity.
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HP Expands Battery Recall: Prevent Fire or Injury

Posted May 24, 2010 - 8:43 am

If you have used a laptop computer, you are aware that they generate a substantial amount of heat. The battery is one of the components that generates the most heat, and in the case of specific batteries from HP, the heat may be enough to spark a fire or cause significant injury. That is why HP has expanded a recall to include an additional 54,000 batteries.
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Long Live Your Laptop Battery!

Posted April 9, 2010 - 6:15 am

Keep your laptop battery working for years (and for hours between charges).
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Users dispute Microsoft's explanation of Windows 7 battery problems

Posted February 10, 2010 - 10:57 am

Windows 7 does not ruin notebook batteries or issue premature warnings that the power is exhausted, Microsoft's head of Windows said in response to customer complaints.
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Windows 7 Tarnished by Notebook Battery Issues

Posted February 3, 2010 - 1:31 pm

Microsoft is investigating reported issues with Windows 7 and notebook battery life. The issue seems sporadic, but fairly widespread. It is unclear whether affected systems are simply misreporting the battery life, or if the battery capacity is actually being permanently affected.
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Microsoft probes Windows 7 battery problems

Posted February 3, 2010 - 8:52 am

Microsoft is looking into battery problems apparently affecting Windows 7 notebooks amid complaints from some users that the OS has crippled their batteries.
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Battery-saving tips for laptops and netbooks

Posted January 28, 2010 - 7:31 am

Set up your own custom power scheme with your preferred screen brightness, screen and hard drive time-outs, and other criteria--you might just be more frugal than you know.
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How to Test a Laptop Charger

Posted October 27, 2009 - 4:22 am

When your laptop fails to stay charged or to charge at all, first test the charger to make sure that it is working properly.
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BatteryCare Gets More Juice out of Laptop Batteries

Posted October 8, 2009 - 12:32 pm

Rechargeable batteries are a mystery, losing their maximum capacity quickly and without any clear cause. It doesn't help that different devices use different types of batteries, each with their own quirks for proper charging. BatteryCare (free) helps you optimize the lithium batteries which almost all laptop PCs use.
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Where oh where is that 8-hour laptop?

Posted September 18, 2009 - 7:19 pm

I've been bitching and moaning about battery life for as long as there have been luggables, and I feel like I've lugged most of them, starting with a 28-pound Compaq 286 Portable (aka the sewing machine) back when I was still a pup, relatively speaking.
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Manging the HP battery recall will be easier if you have Discovery in place

Posted May 18, 2009 - 5:50 am

Following news that HP has recalled 70,000 lithium batteries, anybody with a sizeable investment in HP / Compaq notebooks now faces the unenviable task of having to determine exactly what machines they have in their inventory, who has hold of them and where in the organization they are.
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HP recalls 70,000 laptop batteries

Posted May 15, 2009 - 8:16 am

HP has recalled Lithium-Ion batteries used in some of its laptops, as they pose a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday.
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Research could instantly wake shut-down laptops

Posted April 29, 2009 - 7:24 pm

New technology could allow computers to instantly wake up from their sleep state without draining battery life.
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Squeeze more life out of your battery

Posted April 2, 2009 - 10:24 am

When battery life really counts, adjusting a few simple settings can keep unproductive darkness at bay.
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Laptop Battery Power Tips

Posted March 25, 2009 - 2:11 pm

In some respects, life as a laptop-carrying frequent flyer has gotten a little easier. But it's still way too easy to run out of juice in flight, or during the course of a long day away from a wall socket. Here are some tips for keeping your laptop running as long as possible when you're on the go.
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Tips To Extend Your IBM ThinkPad T42 Battery's Life

Posted March 18, 2009 - 4:31 am

Defragment your hard drive regularly - The less your hard drive spins - less demand you are going to put on the hard drive and your battery. Make your hard drive as efficient as possible by defragging it regularly.
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HP starts selling batteries guaranteed for laptop's lifetime

Posted March 16, 2009 - 10:45 am

Hewlett-Packard will begin selling on Monday laptop batteries that are guaranteed to last three years.
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Give Your Laptop Battery a Longer Lease on Life

Posted February 27, 2009 - 8:31 pm

Does your laptop spend more time on your desk than your lap? If so, you're probably causing your battery to wear out much sooner than it needs to.
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K2 charges electronics with solar and wind energy

Posted January 12, 2009 - 11:08 am

With green being a big theme at this year's CES, the K2 from Kinesis fits right in. The waterproof device can charge a number of electronic devices using just solar and wind energy.
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Apple pegs 17-in. MacBook Pro battery swap at $179

Posted January 7, 2009 - 5:07 pm

Apple Wednesday confirmed that it will charge US$179 to swap out the new MacBook Pro's built-in battery if it fails, but said that the swap would be a same-day service at its retail stores.
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Jepsen works to raise laptop battery life to 20-40 hours

Posted November 26, 2008 - 9:29 am

Mary Lou Jepsen's Pixel Qi plans to start shipping low-power screens in the second half of next year.
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More Sony Laptop Battery Stupidity

Posted October 31, 2008 - 9:59 am

Some companies seem plagued by idiot vice presidents and can never recover from major screw ups, such as Sony and their laptop batteries. Well, these companies recover in a way, since they don't go out of business or their executives get sent to jail, but they don't fix their decision making processes that caused the first blunder, so they keep blundering along.
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Clevo me202bb Laptop Battery Replacement

Posted October 28, 2008 - 8:49 pm

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) with no 'memory effect' Condition:
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Replacement for 14.80V ( Compatible with 14.4V ), 4400mAh, Li-ion dell 1691p Laptop battery

Posted October 22, 2008 - 1:59 am

Product Type : Replacement OEM
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