Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-23 Thread eddyp
I hear Apple laptops are *extremely* resistant... hmm. That's what my wife keeps bringing up. Expensive. Actually, the small 12" one is really quite cheap... Besides, it looks like we'd be comparing a Toshiba that you'll throw away in a year, and an Apple that your children will

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-23 Thread eddyp
I hear Apple laptops are *extremely* resistant... hmm. That's what my wife keeps bringing up. Expensive. Actually, the small 12" one is really quite cheap... Besides, it looks like we'd be comparing a Toshiba that you'll throw away in a year, and an Apple that your children will give

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-23 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:01:24PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > > That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it again; I > > could potentially take pictures of each step and put that up > > somewhere if that can be of any help. (Who knows, maybe that > > way I'd manage to put all the screws back i

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-23 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:01:24PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > > That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it again; I > > could potentially take pictures of each step and put that up > > somewhere if that can be of any help. (Who knows, maybe that > > way I'd manage to put all the screws back i

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-23 Thread Bill Moseley
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:26:01PM +0100, Yves Rutschle wrote: > Sorry to crush your dreams :-) > That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it again; I > could potentially take pictures of each step and put that up > somewhere if that can be of any help. (Who knows, maybe that > way I'd manage to

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-22 Thread Bill Moseley
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:26:01PM +0100, Yves Rutschle wrote: > Sorry to crush your dreams :-) > That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it again; I > could potentially take pictures of each step and put that up > somewhere if that can be of any help. (Who knows, maybe that > way I'd manage to

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-21 Thread Werner Heuser
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:22:41AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: ... > BTW -- anyone have experience opening up one of these laptops? My > power connector seems to have a bad connection inside the laptop -- I > have to wiggle the power cable just right to make the connection. I collected many links

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-21 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:53:28AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > Yikes. After hearing that I'll ask something too general: Anyone > have a laptop they love? Maybe something I can find on Ebay for > less than $800? Sorry to crush your dreams :-) That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it agai

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-21 Thread Werner Heuser
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:22:41AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: ... > BTW -- anyone have experience opening up one of these laptops? My > power connector seems to have a bad connection inside the laptop -- I > have to wiggle the power cable just right to make the connection. I collected many links

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-21 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:53:28AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > Yikes. After hearing that I'll ask something too general: Anyone > have a laptop they love? Maybe something I can find on Ebay for > less than $800? Sorry to crush your dreams :-) That said, I fear I'm going to have to open it agai

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-20 Thread Bill Moseley
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 07:01:51PM +0100, Yves Rutschle wrote: > The problem is that the mother board is exactly rigth at the > bottom of the computer, and you have to start opening by the > top. It's a long process: it took me about an hour to remove > the many layers of components, processor fan

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-20 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:22:41AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > I've got a Toshiba Satellite 2508-S302. I'm running a 2.6.5 kernel > with APM (not ACPI -- tried with ACPI but laptop failed to boot). I have a Satellite 3000-X4 with no APM so I'll skip that bit... :-) > BTW -- anyone have experien

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-20 Thread Bill Moseley
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 07:01:51PM +0100, Yves Rutschle wrote: > The problem is that the mother board is exactly rigth at the > bottom of the computer, and you have to start opening by the > top. It's a long process: it took me about an hour to remove > the many layers of components, processor fan

[OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-20 Thread Bill Moseley
I've got a Toshiba Satellite 2508-S302. I'm running a 2.6.5 kernel with APM (not ACPI -- tried with ACPI but laptop failed to boot). I use Icewm and the battery level reported will drop at a normal rate from 100% down to about 70% and then all of a sudden drops to 2%. But, if I plug in the charge

Re: [OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-20 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:22:41AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > I've got a Toshiba Satellite 2508-S302. I'm running a 2.6.5 kernel > with APM (not ACPI -- tried with ACPI but laptop failed to boot). I have a Satellite 3000-X4 with no APM so I'll skip that bit... :-) > BTW -- anyone have experien

[OT] Replacement Toshiba batteries

2004-07-20 Thread Bill Moseley
I've got a Toshiba Satellite 2508-S302. I'm running a 2.6.5 kernel with APM (not ACPI -- tried with ACPI but laptop failed to boot). I use Icewm and the battery level reported will drop at a normal rate from 100% down to about 70% and then all of a sudden drops to 2%. But, if I plug in the charge