breaking electronics
05-19-11, 07:50 AM
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breaking electronics
We have a lot of posts on how to carry electronics, laptops, whatever, but I don't think they've ever been tested. Well, I've had this dell laptop for 3 yrs now, toting in a waterfield(?) sleeve inside a pannier, and about a month ago the battery stopped charging fully, and then last week it stopped charging at all. There has been a ding to the case of the battery for a long time, and the ding, I noticed yesterday, started propagating into a crack.
I have no idea if the ding came w/ the battery (I got a doomed one in the first place), or if the ding, and spread to a crack, has anything to do with biking (throwing it in a bag into a car trunk all those years could have been just as bad maybe).
Anyway, new battery arrived yesterday and now I'm good to go until the case falls apart (it's got a lot of chips in it too, I think Dell went crazy on the weight-weenie-ism for this model)
I have no idea if the ding came w/ the battery (I got a doomed one in the first place), or if the ding, and spread to a crack, has anything to do with biking (throwing it in a bag into a car trunk all those years could have been just as bad maybe).
Anyway, new battery arrived yesterday and now I'm good to go until the case falls apart (it's got a lot of chips in it too, I think Dell went crazy on the weight-weenie-ism for this model)
05-19-11, 08:26 AM
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The replacement will be cheaper and faster by then .
Why not just carry an external drive with the files on it?
Why not just carry an external drive with the files on it?
05-19-11, 09:43 AM
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05-19-11, 09:47 AM
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I agree with the others. All the Dells I had would have noticeably shorter battery life after about a year. By the 2nd year, the battery might be good enough to get me from one outlet to another and it would be time for another battery.
You were due anyway.
You were due anyway.
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That's been my experience with Dell laptops also...
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