On Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:21:39 +0000, Adrian Caspersz wrote:

I've got the same machine, from memory (faulty) it was a cut down from
the T60/T61 series. I put an alternative "Middleton's BIOS" to get SATA2 support, just before installing an SSD. Didn't have much luck upgrading
the CPU further, and with Windows 7 the machine is currently a bit
dormant.

I got mine new. IIRC I booted it into Windows as part of workin gout how
to fiddle with the BIOS, found it a bit sluggish, and immediately shut it
down, a rebooted off the Fedora installation CD before completely wiping
the HDD and repartitioning for Linux: I like to have a root,usr and swap partitions. A straight forward install later, It the up and feeling
faster and more responsive than it did in the brief Windows interlude.

That was 2005 IIRC, so would have been XP replaced by Fedora 4.

FWIW both my R61i and my T440, which are generally run off the mains,
still have their original batteries installed. It seems that the
batteries in both laptops are Duracell OEM.


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On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 13:57:58 -0000 (UTC)
Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:21:39 +0000, Adrian Caspersz wrote:

I've got the same machine, from memory (faulty) it was a cut down
from the T60/T61 series. I put an alternative "Middleton's BIOS" to
get SATA2 support, just before installing an SSD. Didn't have much
luck upgrading the CPU further, and with Windows 7 the machine is
currently a bit dormant.

I got mine new. IIRC I booted it into Windows as part of workin gout
how to fiddle with the BIOS, found it a bit sluggish, and immediately
shut it down, a rebooted off the Fedora installation CD before
completely wiping the HDD and repartitioning for Linux: I like to
have a root,usr and swap partitions. A straight forward install
later, It the up and feeling faster and more responsive than it did
in the brief Windows interlude.

That was 2005 IIRC, so would have been XP replaced by Fedora 4.

FWIW both my R61i and my T440, which are generally run off the mains,
still have their original batteries installed. It seems that the
batteries in both laptops are Duracell OEM.

My last two laptops have kept their original batteries, but they don't
hold a charge; unplug the power feed, and they die. For this, my
current 10-year old laptop (due to be replaced!), I have a second
battery, which gets installed once per month, then fully charged, run
down to empty, and then recharged. So far this seems to be a working
process.
The other old laptop is there as a backup, it is slower than molasses,
but works if needed. As I found out once some years, one day, your PC
will greet you with a blank screen, and you need an alternative device.
All modified files are backed up every night, of course.

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On Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:58:00 +0100, Davey wrote:

My last two laptops have kept their original batteries, but they don't
hold a charge; unplug the power feed, and they die.

Interesting: I just pulled leads on my two laptops for 5 mins or so. The
15 year old Lenovo r61i showed 95% on disconnect and after 5 mins said "recharging from 93%" when I reconnected external power, so could
probably do with a new battery if I was planning to cart it about much.

The T440 (which I've had for 4 years) and was disconnected a little
longer, said it was still fully charged on reconnection.

Unsupported guess: how long your batteries remain usable depends on who
made them, and some laptop makers get their batteries from cheap
suppliers: who would have known!


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On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 17:59:02 -0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:58:00 +0100, Davey wrote:

My last two laptops have kept their original batteries, but they don't
hold a charge; unplug the power feed, and they die.

Interesting: I just pulled leads on my two laptops for 5 mins or so. The
15 year old Lenovo r61i showed 95% on disconnect and after 5 mins said >"recharging from 93%" when I reconnected external power, so could
probably do with a new battery if I was planning to cart it about much.

The T440 (which I've had for 4 years) and was disconnected a little
longer, said it was still fully charged on reconnection.

Unsupported guess: how long your batteries remain usable depends on who
made them, and some laptop makers get their batteries from cheap
suppliers: who would have known!

My laptop has a readily removable battery which is removed nearly all
the time I'm at the desk. It still has reasonable charge despite
being a 10yr old machine.

If I'm doing something critical I'll put the battery in, but then if
it's a major update I'll run an ethernet cable to the router as well.
We only get occasional power glitches though a couple of years ago we
had 11hrs 40min - they pay compensation if over 12hrs. If we'd all
given up a fiver to the workers and told them to take a tea break we'd
have been well off.


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AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

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