A 9-volt battery is actually made up of six 1.5-volt cells. Those cells are actually quadruple size, but you can make them work in AAA compartments.
With some needle-nosed pliers, pry apart the casing of the 9-volt compaq laptop battery. As long as you’re careful not to puncture the cells themselves, there’s nothing harmful inside. Once [...]
Archive for February, 2010
To make your own batteries
February 25th, 2010
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Netbooks Should Have 5+ Hours of Battery Life
February 21st, 2010
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Waiting for a friend to meet me at a local Starbucks last week I took notice of the two netbooks—an ASUS Eee PC 1000HE ($385.53) and an HP Mini 1000 – in the shop. The ASUS Eee PC 1000HE’s owner drank her Frappuccino without an AC adapter awkwardly hanging from the table. The 1000HE, which [...]
Windows 7 and battery life
February 20th, 2010
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Some Windows 7 users are experiencing anomalies with battery life, or at least how Windows 7 reports remaining battery life. The issue seemed worthy of exploring, but not big enough to cause any significant damage to Microsoft’s flagship desktop operating system.
The official statement from Microsoft last week was:
“Microsoft has been made aware that some computers [...]
