Wise advice from Toshiba, Christopher. I try to let mine run down at least once a month, and the battery has lasted about 3 years so far, and still gives me close to the expected time off charge. Aside from that, it's on charge all day when I'm in the office. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: 02 October 2006 17:34 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: surely not? I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A100, and what I do is that I let it do a complete charge/discharge so that the battery life can be preserved. Is this OK, as I was told to do this from the Toshiba user manual. Thanks for any help. On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:59:52 +0100, "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > I have an old Toshiba Tecra circa 2002 that has spent most of it's > life on the mains with occasional battery excersions. My battery is > far from useless though after 4 or more years you may not be able to > expect 100 percent charge but it is still pretty close. > > My advice would be a take it off mains every now and again and run off > battery once in a while that way the battery gets a bit of exercise > and will stay good enough should you ever need it. > > Regards. > > Tristram Llewellyn > Sight and Sound Technology > Technical Support > www.sightandsound.co.uk > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray's Home > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:44 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: surely not? > > > Billy, using your laptop for wireless internet fould well help run your > laptop battery down quicker - one more device needing power. I believe > some people turn off the screen on a laptop to conserv battery life. > > To your second question, the Answer is 'yes'. This came up on list > very recently where many reported their laptop batteries were almost > useless because of continuous use on the mains and the battery getting > cooked through over charging. Seemingly, few laptops have the > 'intelligence' to know when enough is enough. > > By the by, this message is by way of a sort of test. I'm still > experiencing email problems with Plusnet and it'll be interesting to > see how quickly this message reaches the list. > > 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 TrueBlue > Sent: 02 October 2006 10:47AM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] surely not? > > > hi guys, > surely this can't be true. > I have been told from people on other mailing lists, that if yu > connect yur laptop wirelessly to the Internet, it will run down the > Laptops battery, quicker than using a ethernet cable. > Can this be really true?. > Also on the same list, the suggestion is that it is a bad Idea to run > the Laptop VIA the power adaptor. > Finally, is it better to purchase an external Laptop keyboard?. > Billy > Billy > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1785 (20061002) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com -- Christopher Hallsworth chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** 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