So where does everyone go when they purchase their laptop batteries? Online? To the manufacturer? I've not kept mine in the sun or in extreme temperatures. >G. R. Hanson wrote: > > > >>When I got my laptop 1.5 years ago the battery life was really pretty >>good. I'm thinking it was 1.5 to 2. hours. >>Right now it is 45 minutes. My laptop gets very hot. I did buy one >>of those cool pads with fan and I have been using that to sit under it. >> >>Could someone inform me about batteries. Is it time to replace this one? >>Can I increase the life of this one? >>Do I purchase a new one from Dell only, or are there options? >><or anything else you wish to share with me that I need to know about >>this subject>. >> >>Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA >> >> >> > > > > >--- >avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >Virus Database (VPS): 0624-1, 06/13/2006 >Tested on: 6/14/2006 3:16:07 PM >avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. >http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > -- GRH from the laptop --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0624-2, 06/15/2006 Tested on: 6/15/2006 10:14:22 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.