On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:55, yoda2 wrote: > Regarding the removal off the battery when on AC, i was wondering if > that's a good thing to do. I was told the battery "filters" the spikes > from the powernet so the electronics of you laptop get a stable spike > free current.... > > So the "filter" story is nonsense?
That sounds dubious to me. The motherboard of a computer is very sensitive to power fluctuations, while the process of charging a battery generally isn't. One thing a battery is really good for is short power outages. It's really funny when there's a brief power outage and all the desktop machines in the building reboot. As soon as the switches are operating again (about 30 seconds) I can continue working because my laptop has no problems! I know of people who use old laptops as servers for this reason, a laptop has a UPS built in. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
