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
> 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
> <Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com
> <mailto:Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com>> 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"
> <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz <mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>> 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" <subs@kexsof.com
> <mailto:subs@kexsof.com>> 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,
> <techlists@phpcoderusa.com
> <mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com>
> <mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.__com
> <mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com>>> 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
> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>>
> wrote:
>
> That explains the fan but not the internet
> switch.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Stephen
> Partington
> <cryptworks@gmail.com
> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>
> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com
> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>>> 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
> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>>
> 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~(-:
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