Thursday, April 10, 2008
Toshiba laptop battery recall affects 9,000 units in Canada
The recall, announced Tuesday, is the third recall of Sony-made batteries since August.
"Around 9,000 units are potentially affected in Canada," Toshiba Canada spokeswoman Sherry Lyons told CBC in an e-mail message.
The batteries pose no safety risk and were manufactured between March and May of this year, Toshiba says in a notice on its Canadian website. The power cells were shipped with computers in the Satellite, Satellite Pro and Tecra lines.
"The affected battery packs simply stop working, i.e. stop accepting a charge, and they no longer supply power to the computer. They do not overheat, or pose any safety related issue or concern," the notice says. "This issue has no relation with the problem reported by Dell Inc. and Apple Computer, Inc., in their recalls of battery packs."
Affected models include Toshiba's Satellite A100, M70 and M100; Satellite Pro A100 and M70; and Tecra A6 and A7.
Spokespeople for Toshiba were unable to immediately say how many of the affected units are in Canada.
String of problems
The recall is another in a string of embarrassing problems related to lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Sony.
On Monday Virgin Atlantic banned the use of battery-powered Apple or Dell laptop computers on international flights because there have been recalls related to concerns that they could overheat and catch fire. The laptops may only be used if they are running on in-seat power.
Virgin, Qantas and Korean Air halted the use of the battery-powered laptops after Dell and Apple issued recalls last month.
In August Dell recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries and days later Apple recalled 1.8 million.
Dell said in a statement that the recall would affect approximately 95,000 battery packs sold to customers in Canada.
Battery packs contain cells of rolled up metal strips. Sony said that during production, the crimping of the rolls left tiny shards of metal loose in the cells that were supplied to Dell and Apple. Sometimes those shards can cause batteries to short-circuit.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Toshiba SATELLITE A10 Battery
This TOSHIBA PA3285U-1BRS laptop batteries replaces the TOSHIBA SATELLITE A10 notebook battery. It was designed to meet or exceed OEM specifications and is 100-percent compatible to the original equipment chargers Toshiba SATELLITE A10 SERIES Notebook Battery
TOSHIBA SATELLITE A10 SERIES Notebook Battery Pack 4400mAh TOSHIBA SATELLITE A10 laptop batteries
Reliable power means dependable performance
Average Run Time:2-4 hours(minimum)
Recharge Time : 3 hour(s)
Rechargeable TOSHIBA Laptop Batteries.
Brand new in box, never used, premium quality.
100% compatible with OEM TOSHIBA SATELLITE A10 SERIES
Manufactured By High-Capacity power products
Full 1 year warranty30 day money back guarantee!
Order your TOSHIBA SATELLITE A10 SERIES computer battery before 2:30PM we will usually ship the same day.
Lithium Ion technology gives TOSHIBA SATELLITE A10 SERIES battery a long life, and light weight.
Compatible Part number:PA3285U-1BRS
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Dell INSPIRON 8200 Laptop Battery
Rechargeable DELL INSPIRON 8200 Battery. This is a 14.80V ( Compatible with 14.4V ), 4400mAh, Li-ion Battery.Dimensions: 138.50x90.00x21.00mm. Removable battery for DELL 1691P .Brand new,100% OEM compatible.
Acer TRAVELMATE C300 Computer Battery
Acer TRAVELMATE C300 Computer Battery
Reliable power means dependable performance
Average Run Time:2-4 hours(minimum)
Recharge Time : 3 hour(s)
Rechargeable ACER Laptop Battery.
Brand new in box, never used, premium quality.
100% compatible with OEM ACER TRAVELMATE C300
Manufactured By High-Capacity power products
Full 1 year warranty.30 day money back guarantee!
Order your ACER TRAVELMATE C300 computer battery before 2:30PM we will usually ship the same day.
Lithium Ion technology gives ACER TRAVELMATE C300 battery a long life, and light weight.
Compatible Part number:BTP-63D1 Acer TRAVELMATE C300 Battery Fits Model:
ACER Laptop Models:
ACER TRAVELMATE C300 Battery
ACER TRAVELMATE C300XCI Battery
ACER TRAVELMATE C301 Battery
ACER TRAVELMATE C301XMI Battery
ACER TRAVELMATE C301XMIB Battery
ACER TRAVELMATE C302 Battery
ACER TRAVELMATE C302XMI Battery
Friday, March 28, 2008
ibm laptop Battery Maintenance and User Instructions
1) A new battery usually maintains a discharged condition with very low capacity. It is highly recommended to fully charge new ibm laptop battery packs before using. You can refer to the users' guide of your electronic device for charging instructions.
2) A new ibm battery pack needs to be circled (fully discharged and recharged) three to five times to reach its optimum performance.
3) Rechargeable laptop battery will undergo self-discharging when left unused for a long period of time. Thus, it should always be stored in a fully charged state and kept in a cool, dry and clean place.
4) To maintain the optimum performance of a ibm notebook battery pack, it is highly recommended to circle (fully discharging and recharging) it at least once a month.
5) It is normal if a new battery gets warm when being charged or used. However, please pay special attention if the battery pack becomes excessively hot. This may indicate there is a problem with the charging circuit of the electronic device. Please consult a qualified technician if necessary.
6) New ibm laptop batteries are hard to be charged. Sometimes, your electronic device may indicate a fully charged condition about 10 to 15 minutes when the new battery pack is being charged for the first time. When this happens, remove the battery pack and let it cool down for about 10 to 15 minutes then repeat the charging procedure. Sometimes, a new battery will suddenly refuse to be charged. If this happens, a suggested solution is trying to remove the laptop battery from the device and insert it again.
How do you calibrate the battery for your sony laptop
The drawback to the sony laptop (and a lot of the older laptops and a good number of the new laptops) is that there is not an effective system of power management. This is seen more often with cell phones, where there is a "smart chip" that manages the charging of the laptop batteries without creating a "memory" to the sony laptop battery.
sony laptop battery
Customer support pointed me at the following web site: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=20440, which points out that Sony laptops are running a little software program called ISBMgr.exe that generates this error when you insert a generic battery. It appears to be the only purpose of the software, and if you disable the software the genereic battery for sony laptop works fine.
I paid about $100 for my battery, where a Sony brand equivalent would have cost $370.Sony is really exploiting its customers here.
Monday, March 24, 2008
4400mAh 3.5hr Laptop Battery For Asus EeePC Eee PC 4G 8G 20G 701
Physical exercise is important for maintaining physical fitness and can contribute positively to maintaining a healthy weight; building and maintaining healthy bone density, muscle strength, and joint mobility; promoting physiological well-being; reducing surgical risks; and strengthening the immune system.
Frequent and regular aerobic exercise has been shown to help prevent or treat serious and life-threatening chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, insomnia, and depression. Strength training appears to have continuous energy-burning effects that persist for about 24 hours after the training, though they do not offer the same cardiovascular benefits of aerobic exercises. Exercise can also increase energy and raise one's threshold for pain.
There is conflicting evidence as to whether vigorous exercise (more than 70% of VO2 Max) is more or less beneficial than moderate exercise (40 to 70% of VO2 Max). Some studies have shown that vigorous exercise executed by healthy individuals can effectively increase opioid peptides (aka endorphins, a naturally occurring opiate that in conjunction with other neurotransmitters is responsible for exercise induced euphoria and has been shown to be addictive), positively influence hormone production (i.e., increase testosterone and growth hormone). Benefits that are not as fully realized with moderate exercise.
Exercise has been shown to improve cognitive functioning via improvement of hippocampus-dependent spatial learning, and enhancement of synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis. In addition, physical activity has been shown to be neuroprotective in many neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases. For instance, it reduces the risk of developing dementia. Physical activity is thought to have other beneficial effects related to cognition as it increases levels of nerve growth factors, which support the survival and growth of a number of neuronal cells.
Both aerobic and anaerobic exercise also work to increase the mechanical efficiency of the heart by increasing cardiac volume (aerobic exercise), or myocardial thickness (strength training, see Organ hypertrophy).
Not everyone benefits equally from exercise. There is tremendous variation in individual response to training: where most people will see a moderate increase in endurance from aerobic exercise, some individuals will as much as double their oxygen uptake, while others will never get any benefit at all from the exercise. Similarly, only a minority of people will show significant muscle growth after prolonged weight training, while a larger fraction experience improvements in strength. This genetic variation in improvement from training is one of the key physiological differences between elite athletes and the larger population. Studies have shown that exercising in middle age leads to better physical ability later in life.
The EEE PC Asus Battery's Detail:
Volt : 7.4V
Capacity : 4400mAh
Dimension : 45 x 40 x 140mm
Net Weight : 352.00(g)
Color : White
Battery Life : up to 3.5hrs (Estimated)
Battery Power : 33WHr
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Review: Asus Eee PC 4G — Wee PC Is Super Sweet
WIRED Possibly the best ultraportable laptop you can buy, and for a mere $400. Available in multiple colors. Serious hackers can go nuts and add extra apps and even install Windows or other Linux distributions. 4GB solid-state drive means no crashes when you drop it.
Volt : 7.4V
Capacity : 4400mAh
Dimension : 45 x 40 x 140mm
Net Weight : 352.00(g)
Color : White
Battery Power : 33WHr
Make your life easier! Don't hesitate to prepare an extra battery for Asus Eee PC.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
How to keep a laptop battery efficient?
i search some data.and get the best answer as follow,i hope it can help anyboday who has the same question.
While not optimum… I don’t think it’s a huge problem given your convenience.Some say it may not last as long.
Exercise the laptop Battery. Do not leave a charged battery dormant for long periods of time. Once charged, you should at least use the notebook battery at least once every two to three weeks. Also, do not let a Li-On battery completely discharge. (Discharing is only for older batteries with memory effects)
finally,My husband uses 3 year old hp pavilion dv1000 battery and we've left it plugged in most of the time. Still works great and the battery holds a charge.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
sitelinks for my website:www.canada-battery.ca
Google Sitelinks are a collection of links that appears below the result of a website. These additional links link to main pages of the website. They are randomly and automatically chosen by Google's algorithm.EG:
As an example, here are the sitelinks that you get for canada-battery.ca when you search for "laptop batteries":
Sitelinks only appear for general search terms. You'll get Sitelinks if you search for "laptop batteries" but you won't get Sitelinks if you search for a term like "sony laptop battery". Sitelinks show up most often for searches on brand names.
under the usual links:there are 8 links:
dell 1691p , hp laptop computer battery , acer laptop battery,dell laptop battery,camcorder batteries, sony camcorder batteries, new f4809a
How can you get Sitelinks for your website?
Unfortunately, there is nothing certain about Google's Sitelinks. The following factors seem to influence whether Google displays Sitelinks or not:
Your website must have a stable #1 ranking for the searched keyword. Other websites don't seem to get Sitelinks.
Your website must be at least 2 years old. It seems that younger websites don't get Sitelinks.
The number of searches and the number of clicks that your website gets for a certain keyword seem to be considered. Keywords that aren't searched often enough don't get Sitelinks. It also seems that your website has to get many clicks for the searched keyword.
The number of links that point to your website with the searched keyword as the anchor text seem to influence the creation of Sitelinks. Sitelinks only seem to appear for the main keywords of a website, not for all keywords for which a website is listed.
If your website meets these criteria Google might assign Sitelinks to your website for your most important keywords.
Website:www.my-batteries.co.uk
http://www.my-batteries.co.uk/ sells discount laptop batteries for sony,acer,hp,compaq,dell,toshiba ..., camcorder batteries , digital camera batteries , pda batteries and 7" 12.1" Digital Photo Frames on the online .
Thursday, March 13, 2008
where to buy best toshiba pa3284u-1brs laptop battery?
the battery Detail:
Rating:10.8V,4400mAh
Physical Info:Black, 129.60 x 71.76 x 20.20 mm,308(g)
TOSHIBA PA3285U-1BRS Laptop Battery Fit Models:
toshiba satellite a10 series,a15 series
Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 Review
(Satellite A10 Review from Designtechnica - 3/25/2004)
Keep your life and business on track with Toshiba's entry-level professional notebooks. The Satellite Pro A10 is the perfect solution for small-to-medium businesses, where these immensely versatile, great-value notebooks in a sleek silver-black design will bring added power, mobility and performance to everyday task
Thursday, March 6, 2008
matchbox pinhole
Here's my latest contraption which uses 35mm film to provide square images of 24 x 24mm. Using this size means that you can get up to 50 exposures on a standard roll of 36 exposure film. Now that's what I call economy!
The image edges suffer from distortion that gives a "Diana" quality to the pictures. In fact, the images look very "toy camera" like indeed, except that the pinhole allows some really good close ups due to the DOF of the pinhole.
It's also costs pretty much nothing to build - certainly a lot cheaper than a $100 Diana off ebay!
So far I've only run a single roll of colour film through it, which I then developed in B&W chemicals,so the results are a bit odd but they did prove it worked.
I'll be posting additional photos (colour too!) onto my flickr site, check it out.
All you need is a matchbox, an empty roll of 35mm film, some new 35mm film, some black tape and a bit of foil!
First, mark out a 24mm square exactly in the centre of the matchbox tray, cut this out with a sharp knife as neatly as possible. Or make it messy if you like, it's up to you. This provides the image frame, any rough edges or card fibres will appear on the image obviously.
Now get a black pen and color the tray black. Also stick a pen inside the front of the sleeve and colour that black too.
Cut a small hole, about 6mm square, in the centre of the sleeve. Try to do this as neatly as possible to avoid fluffy fibres appearing in the image
Now for the pinhole. The very short focal length means that the optimum pinhole size is small, less than 0.2mm. Make a pinhole in a bit of foil/drinks can using you favourite method (wont go into it here, search the web), and stick it over the hole in the sleeve.
To work out how far to wind the film, I make small "clickers" from bits of plastic (here that stuff used to bind documents). Cut a very thin strip and make a point at one end
Now take the full roll of film. Stick the curved plastic to the back of the canister so that the pointed end pokes through a sproket hole by about 3mm. As the film is pulled out of the cansiter, the plastic will jump between holes and make a clicking sound. (some more detail on this here)
Now thread the film through the box sleeve. Then, push the inner tray in so that the base of the tray with the hole in in presses against the film, pushing it flat and proving the square frame.
You also need an empty spool to take up the film. Ideally, this will still have a bit of film sticking out, otherwise you have to carefully open the canister with a bottle opener, fix the new film end to the spool and re-assemble. I've done this but its much easier to use a spool with some film sticking out!! Splice the film together with clear tape. Then, wind the film into the take up canister so that both canisters fit snugly against the matchbox. Make sure no film is visible at the back - you will use tape to seal this joint so you dont want to be sticking tape onto the film! NOTE - make sure you dont wind the film back into the full spool at any point, the "clicker" plastic may rip the film.
All that remains is to make the thing light-tight. Wrap tape around the joints between both canisters and the box. Make sure all sides are well covered. The tape does a suprisingly good job at keeping the whole thing together and stable!
Place a small piece of foam on the underside of the takeup canister then wrap tape over it. This gives some tension and stops the film unwinding withing the canister each time you wind on.
Now make a simple shutter, a bit of tape will work, but I prefer a sliding card shutter. The camera's now ready to take pictures! Find something suitable to wedge into the top of the empty spool to act as a handle to wind the film on, and count 6 clicks for each frame.
Check out http://www.mrpinhole.com/ to calculate the optimum pinhole size, and work out exposure times for the film you use.
Mine worked out at around f90, which gives fairly short exposure times with ISO100 film, a second or two in daylight.
Make sure you don't wind the film back into the canister with the plastic "clicker" attached - it will rip the film.
Here's some more images from my first test - note I didnt get the hole exactly square!
If you decide to make one of these please share your images, I would love to see them. If you are a flickr user I've created a group called Matchbox Pinhole - Please add your photos to the pool! :-)
from http://alspix.blog.co.uk/2005/12/31/matchbox_pinhole~428481
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
HP Pavilion ZV6000 Review
The HP zv6000 is at the lower end of the price range for HP notebooks, but I feel it is an excellent value for all that is included. It is primarily intended to be a desktop replacement style notebook, but with 3-4 hours of zv6000 battery life, it will definitely do the job of a portable computer. The processor is an AMD desktop variant, and if you upgrade to the 64-bit AMD Athlon you will get the 939-pin chip! It is built on the 0.13 micron Newcastle core with 512kb of L2 cache which will provide excellent performance.
HP Pavilion ZV6000 Battery:
I got the 12-cell hp pavilion zv6000 laptop battery, and I have been very pleased with it so far. I ran it down the day after receiving my notebook and it took a solid four hours to get the hp zv6000 battery drained. I ran MobileMeter and the new battery already registers as having 5% wear. I assume this 5% is simply lost through the chemical breakdown in the hp zv5000 battery.
Specification:
Chemistry : Li-ion
Volt : 14.8V
Capacity : 6600mAh
Dimension : 152 x 114 x 19.3mm
Net Weight : 607.5g
Color : Black
from http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2341
Compaq Presario V2000 Review
Compaq Presario V2000 Battery
There are two battery options on the V2000: 6-cell lithium ion presario v2000 battery or 12-cell lithium ion m2000 battery. Because I was trying to minimize both the cost and the weight of the computer, I ordered the V2000 with the 6-cell battery. With everyday use, I can get almost three hours out of the 6-cell. This has worked out very well for my demands. I mainly use the computer at home, the school library, and at coffeehouses. Because I never seem to be very far from a power source, the battery life of the 6-cell has worked well for me. However, for those who need a longer battery life and are not bothered by a little extra weight, the V2000 can be ordered with a 12-cell hp pavilion dv1000 battery (instead of the 6-cell) for an additional $20.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
hp pavilion dv1000 battery life
Battery life of HP Pavilion dv1000
Where a slower processor handicaps the Pavilion dv1000's mobile application performance, that slowness is a boon for the dv1000's battery life. Running a 10.8V, 4,400mAh (48WHr) 367759-001 battery, the Pavilion dv1000 lasted more than four hours in our office and content-creation tests. The Sony VAIO VGN-A190, with an 11.1V, 4,000mAh (44WHr) battery, and the Dell Inspiron 700m, with a 14.8V, 2,200mAh (33WHr) battery, couldn't manage even three hours. The Pavilion dv1000 possesses above-average battery life.
Battery life (Longer bars indicate longer battery life)
HP Pavilion dv1000 battery
246 minutes
Sony VAIO VGN-A190 battery
163 minutes
Dell Inspiron 700m battery
144 minutes
Battery life analysis written by CNET Labs assistant lab manager Eric Franklin.
To measure mobile application performance and battery life, CNET Labs uses BAPCo's MobileMark 2002. MobileMark measures both application performance and battery life concurrently using a number of popular applications (Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Excel 2002, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, Microsoft Outlook 2002, Netscape Communicator 6.0, WinZip Computing WinZip 8.0, McAfee VirusScan 5.13, Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1, and Macromedia Flash 5.0).
HP Pavilion dv1000 battery information:
Chemistry: Li-ion
Volt: 11.10V
Capacity: 4400mAh
Dimension: 205.15 x 51.10 x 21.20 mm
Net Weight: 310.00(g)
Color: Black