Dissecting a Laptop Battery

[BrianG]

It's been a looong time since I've needed/wanted to partition a drive. I find it better to just use directories for organization - after all, what benefit does partitioning provide?

Anyway, I remember using Partition Magic, and it worked well IIRC. There's always a risk, so back important stuff up if you can.

And drivers shouldn't be too hard. Just go to the laptop's site and search for them...

[rawfuls]

Yeah..
I'm thinking this may be my last summer project before school starts (A week left =/, screw changing our old schedule).

If I find all the right drivers before hand, may just save em and re-do everything!
I gave it a thought about putting W7 on this...but I think that just may be overkill, and be even slower.

As far as backing up, it's a temp computer, so nothing important is ever stored on this..

[lincpimp]

I recently did a pc with a very basic copy of xp. 1 gig hard drive, so I just did the OS, no programs or anything. Runs like a champ, much faster on the internet than anything else I have... I did this a few years back with win98, man did that sucker run fast on the internet...

I am not a pc nerd though, so what do I know?? I did stay at a holiday inn last night, so keep that in mind.

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I recently did a pc with a very basic copy of xp. 1 gig hard drive, so I just did the OS, no programs or anything. Runs like a champ, much faster on the internet than anything else I have... I did this a few years back with win98, man did that sucker run fast on the internet...

I am not a pc nerd though, so what do I know?? I did stay at a holiday inn last night, so keep that in mind.

Yep.
I think I'm gonna go ahead, find the drivers, then reinstall.

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It appears that this machine reaches 74°C.. This is usually where it slows down, looks like the heat is bogging something down...

[BrianG]

Probably just a weak/dead fan...

[rawfuls]

Grrr.
I do not want to open this cinderblock up to replace a fan..

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Grrr.
I do not want to open this cinderblock up to replace a fan..

Just get a screwdrive and get after it. 70c is pretty damn hot...

[rawfuls]

Finished reinstalling, got all the drivers except "Mass Storage Controller".
Will be checking that out a little later, but I have a weird scenario.

Good ol' function keys, function scroll lock, works, break, and pause, but not volume control nor brightness control, ideas?

[V0RT3X]

Can you find me a battery for a HP 6715b? BatteryMon reports the current one as 1730mAh and I've seen 6000+ on ebay(with my model in it)

Is it a hit and miss situation with chinese versions?

[rawfuls]

Pop the battery out, and find the model number for the battery, then froogle it (Google's Shopping).