(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY If you discount the battery, your
laptop could probably live pretty much forever.
Sure, a 10 year old
laptop isn t much fun to use -- its 5-generation-old technology is as
slow as frozen molasses -- but if IT won t spring for a new...
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(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY If you discount the battery, your
laptop could probably live pretty much forever.
Sure, a 10 year old
laptop isn t much fun to use -- its 5-generation-old technology is as
slow as frozen molasses -- but if IT won t spring for a new one, you can
at least trust that it ll keep working without major headaches.
Here are some things to check:
Try charging the laptop with the power off.
Some laptops draw
a lot of power -- so much so that they can t efficiently charge the
battery and run demanding tasks at the same time.
If the battery doesn t seem to be getting fully
charged, shut down the laptop entirely and see how it goes.
Make sure that the AC adapter is working.
The problem might also lie in the power adapter.
This
one is easy to test: Remove the
battery completely from the laptop and try running the laptop using the AC adapter.
If you can
use the computer for a couple of hours without problems, the adapter is obviously okay.
Clean the battery contacts.
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