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. __________ 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