Reflecting on Steve's experience with Tosh and need to replace batteries, just like to say that I think most stuff that comes with rechargeable batteries usually seem to be equipped with unintelligent chargers that don't know when enough is enough. I recently got some replacement batteries for my sister's cordless phone which had reached the stage of near unusability because the batteries had been charged to death. She was all for throwing the phone out, but four or five quid spent on a triple A pack of rechargables solved the problem. I've told her she should keep the phone off the charging cradle and Waite until the meter on the phone register's very low and then recharge for 6 to 8 hours, and this is working out fine with the phone lasting nearly a week between charges. I'd say a laptop with an intelligent charger would win my vote if I were in the market for one. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Hyde-Dryden I bought a laptop several years ago and the dealer said when you use it on the mains, remove the battery unless your charging it. Constant use of the machine on the mains with the batter connected aparently can damage it a little. I found that to be true and ended up buying a new battery. Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of mandy Sent: 09 September 2006 01:24 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Toshiba 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. ** 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