Difference between revisions of "Laptop Power & Batteries"
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| − | '''Batteries''' are an expensive component of any portable device. Consequently, some information on their care and | + | '''Batteries''' are an expensive component of any portable device. Consequently, some information on their care, handling, and replacement is important. Lets explore. |
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|style="text-align:left"|If after following all the above steps you continue to experience the same error when your computer starts and/or your computer is still unable to keep the stored values it's likely that you're experiencing a more serious issues. Most likely causes are bad power supply or bad motherboard. | |style="text-align:left"|If after following all the above steps you continue to experience the same error when your computer starts and/or your computer is still unable to keep the stored values it's likely that you're experiencing a more serious issues. Most likely causes are bad power supply or bad motherboard. | ||
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| + | |style="text-align:left" width="20%"| [http://www.laptop-battery.org/batterytips.html '''Battery Tips'''] | ||
| + | |style="text-align:left" width=80%|The identified link provides methods to care for and prolong the life of your battery. Power management is also addressed since it affects the performance of a battery. | ||
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Revision as of 12:06, 25 February 2010
Batteries are an expensive component of any portable device. Consequently, some information on their care, handling, and replacement is important. Lets explore.
| CMOS | If after following all the above steps you continue to experience the same error when your computer starts and/or your computer is still unable to keep the stored values it's likely that you're experiencing a more serious issues. Most likely causes are bad power supply or bad motherboard. | |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" font-size="90%" border=".05" cellpadding=".4" width=100% valign="top" | Battery Tips | The identified link provides methods to care for and prolong the life of your battery. Power management is also addressed since it affects the performance of a battery. |
| ------ | CMOS is short for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. CMOS is an on-board chip powered by a CMOS battery. CMOS stores information such as the system time and system settings for your computer. | |
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