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- From: nelson@hepxvt.ps.uci.edu (Matt Nelson)
- Subject: Re: Laptop on all the time - need UPS? (TI TM4000)
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- References: <NEAL.92Nov9153720@lever.ATT.COM> <1992Nov10.083505.5274@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 10 Nov 92 15:59:05 GMT
-
- byu@sys.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu) writes:
-
- >In article <NEAL.92Nov9153720@lever.ATT.COM> neal@druhi.ATT.COM (Neal D. McBurnett) writes:
- >>Are there any problems running a typical laptop all the time, plugged
- >>into the AC power (e.g. a BBS or home control system)?
- >>
-
- >I just plugged my Samsung portable for 3 days (just because the manual gave
- >me the wrong info and I was stupid enough to follow it!). I talked to tech
- >support who told me that I should not plug my portable in for so long. He
- >said something about getting the battery all warmed up and that's not good!!
- >No reasons given though! I suppose if you don't care about the battery,
- >there should be no harm done.
-
- keep in mind that some laptops will let you run off of the power adapter
- even if the batteries are removed. i know that this is the case with my
- TI TM3000 WinSX, so i assume that the original poster's TM4000 can operate
- this way, too.
-
- -matt nelson (nelson@master.ps.uci.edu)
-