Make sure the person you buy the battery from knows the date of manufacture. Batteries age and if the battery you are thinking of buying is more than 2 years old, find a new one. This is especially true of sealed lead acid batteries (SLA) used for UPSs. On 09/20/2014 04:04 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I actually cheat with the battery. I leave it in as a battery backup in > case the power goes out....it shortens the life, but they become less > expensive as the laptop ages. But test them regularly - as they age and > can't hold a charge, they begin to heat up. > > The cooling fan is a good idea....I keep my propped up in the back on a > piece of wood about 1.5" tall to help the air circulate. I can still > type on the keyboard like that. > > Mark aka " The Cheapskate Computer Recycler". ;) > > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Bryan O'Neal > > wrote: > > The battery and screen are the least heat tolerate parts. If you can > remove the battery and put the laptop on a cooling platform. And > keep it clean! > > On Sep 20, 2014 10:43 AM, "Mark Phillips" > > wrote: > > I have been running Dell Vostro 1520 laptop for about 5 years > practically non-stop without any issues. I have cleaned dust > bunnies out the fan a couple of times. YMMV with other laptops. > > Mark > > On Sep 20, 2014 3:29 AM, "Jon Kettenhofen" > wrote: > > Actually, not sure Tripp Lite makes great usps > but not sure about the isobar. If it's big or heavy, then > probably a UPS. > > On 09/19/2014 04:08 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > Tripp Light Isobars..... is that a type of power strip? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, > > >> wrote: > > > I hope to get more than 3 out of mine. > > > > On 2014-09-19 13:08, Stephen Partington wrote: > > Well that could simply be the fact that they > used substandard > capacitors and part for the ethernet, and as > such it failed over > time. > manufactures consider laptops to be pretty > disposable after 2-3 > years, > any older and they tend to get squirrely. > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Michael Havens > > >> > wrote: > > That explains the fan but not the internet > switch. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Stephen > Partington > > >> wrote: > > At one time this was very true, and in some > ways it can still be > true. parts like the fans wear out, and due > to the space > constraints > in a laptop this is more critical, and > there are some thermal > considerations to think about as well. but > as long as you > are giving > decent airflow around the laptop, and you > are prepared to > swap a fan > sooner than later it should have no real > impact on the hardware. > > I run mine for work 9+ hours straight and > the previous one i > had did > this for 4.4 years before it finally got > weird enough to be > replaced. > > I would most definitely enable power > savings on your monitor > because > that screan can suffer from burnout, and > its not as easy to > replace > as a monitor. > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Michael Havens > > >> > wrote: > > I read on another board that it was bad to > leave a laptop on > 24/7 Is > that so? If it is I guess that is why my > laptop is having > problems! > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > ------------------------------____--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.____org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change > your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/____mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > [1] > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm > clock, will > prevent you > from rolling over and going back to sleep > after you hit the > snooze > button. > > Stephen > > > ------------------------------____--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.____org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change > your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/____mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > [1] > > > > ------------------------------____--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.____org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your > mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/____mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > [1] > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm > clock, will prevent > you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you > hit the snooze > button. > > Stephen > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] > http://lists.phxlinux.org/____mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > ------------------------------____--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.____org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your > mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/____mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > ------------------------------____--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.____org > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/____mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss