Mandy, I use a Toshiba laptop, and when I am using it on AC power, I remove the battery. Andrew On 09 September 2006 01:24 mandy wrote: > I have found Toshiba very helpful I use a Toshiba laptop that I bought > from PC World. I am paying some kind of maintenance agreement of £10 > per month though so perhaps that helps but I would hate to be without > my laptop. > Actually last night I was using it and everything suddenly went blank, > no sound, no screen so my husband took it into Pc World as I was > otherwise occupied: turned out the battery had become disconnected or > moved slightly. At least now we know to check for that. The guy said > we probably shouldn't use it constantly on the mains or to take out > the battery but I use a cooling board underneath so it wouldn't fit > very firmly on that what do other people do re battery and using > laptop from mains all the time? > > Mandy. > > Jamie's Music Makes Me Happy - The More I Hear - The > > More I Want! > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson > Sent: 09 September 2006 00:18 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Toshiba > > Hi,N > Ev > Er had a problem with them, the only laptop I usually recommend. > > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth > Sent: 08 September 2006 21:00 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Toshiba > > Hi all, > Thought I'd e-mail you all to find out what experience you had in > ringing up > Toshiba technical support. My girlfriend's laptop suddenly died last > night > due to a hardware and software failure, and her college warden tried > to ring > up Toshiba all day, with little success. So has any of you had better > luck > with them? > Thanks, and I look forward to hear from you. > > __________ NOD32 EMON 1.1745 (20060908) information __________ > > The email was checked by the NOD32 antivirus system: > email with subject Toshiba dated 09/08/2006 20:59 - is OK > > http://www.eset.com > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq