Gateway 9300 Question?

Hello all.., I've got a nice 9300 with two (2) batteries and was wondering
should I just leave this computer turned on all the time with screen
saver.., or turn it off after using it with pulling the power plug.., or
turn off and leave power plugged in? Can the machine over heat or the
batteries be over-charged? Thanks..!!

81mm wrote:

Hello all.., I've got a nice 9300 with two (2) batteries and was wondering
should I just leave this computer turned on all the time with screen
saver.., or turn it off after using it with pulling the power plug.., or
turn off and leave power plugged in? Can the machine over heat or the
batteries be over-charged? Thanks..!!

Don't worry, the batteries won't overcharge, the computer won't overheat
if left on, and there is no need to unplug it from your quality surge
suppressor. The sleep function can save a lot of electricity, but
leaving it on all the time is unnecessarily wasteful.

Thanks for the reply.., but as per the waste of electricity.., how much does
one waste per day versus wear and tear on starting and stopping the
drives.., Maybe 10 cents at most??

I run mine without batteries AT ALL except for when I'm on the road or there
is a thunder storm or power outage something. This leaves a hole in the
bottom of the machine (makes it lighter and easier to pick it up though),
but after four years or so, my batteries still are great. I had a 9100 and
ran with batteries in all the time. They went bad after only about a year!
The only drawback to running without batteries is that you can lose stuff
during a power outage. But I always save as I work anyway (I DID forfeit a
couple of online chess games when the power went off unexpectedly. But no
big deal). So I say save the batteries unless

When I am not using my machine, I put it on standby - Fn+f4 (No need for a
screen saver with an LCD.) At night I simply shut it down.


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Hello all.., I've got a nice 9300 with two (2) batteries and was wondering
should I just leave this computer turned on all the time with screen
saver.., or turn it off after using it with pulling the power plug.., or
turn off and leave power plugged in? Can the machine over heat or the
batteries be over-charged? Thanks..!!

By the way, I do put the batteries on the machine once every week or two to
keep them charged up, and I make sure they're fully charged the day before
if I plan to go on the road.


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Anthony Giorgianni

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I run mine without batteries AT ALL except for when I'm on the road or
there
is a thunder storm or power outage something. This leaves a hole in the
bottom of the machine (makes it lighter and easier to pick it up though),
but after four years or so, my batteries still are great. I had a 9100 and
ran with batteries in all the time. They went bad after only about a year!
The only drawback to running without batteries is that you can lose stuff
during a power outage. But I always save as I work anyway (I DID forfeit a
couple of online chess games when the power went off unexpectedly. But no
big deal). So I say save the batteries unless

When I am not using my machine, I put it on standby - Fn+f4 (No need for a
screen saver with an LCD.) At night I simply shut it down.


--
Regards,
Anthony Giorgianni

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Anthony Giorgianni wrote:
I run mine without batteries AT ALL except for when I'm on the road
or there is a thunder storm or power outage something. [...]
[...] I had a 9100 and ran with batteries in all the time. They
went bad after only about a year!

I affirm that!

To my understanding what shortens the batteries life most is the
steady heat when left in the running laptop all the time.

I know that a single user experience is no proof of anything, but
the first main battery of my Gateway Solo 9300, always in, died
after two and a quarter years. The second one, bought used!, still
is perfectly healthy after nearly three years now - but I only
put it in the laptop when I actually need it (once or twice a
week), otherwise I charge the battery roughly 66% and put it away
(just in the drawer, not in the fridge as sometimes recommended).

Keep fingers crossed it will survive for many more months to come,
as I know that Lithium-Ion batteries are generally said to get no
older than three years ...

Ciao,
Martin

Thanks for posting that, Martin. Nice to know my mind isn't playing tricks
on me. I think it's probably more the case that batteries have an infinite
number of times that they can be recharged. Leaving them out of the machine
can extend them a lot, I bet. By the way, after thinking about ... I
probably don't top mine off more than once a month unless I'm going
somewhere, maybe longer. After seeing this thread, I toped them off
yesterday. After at least a month, my main cell of down to 75 percent and
that little extra one for the 9300's floppy drive bay was down to 50
percent. Too bad that little one isn't hot-swappable, incidentally.


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Anthony Giorgianni

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I affirm that!

To my understanding what shortens the batteries life most is the
steady heat when left in the running laptop all the time.

I know that a single user experience is no proof of anything, but
the first main battery of my Gateway Solo 9300, always in, died
after two and a quarter years. The second one, bought used!, still
is perfectly healthy after nearly three years now - but I only
put it in the laptop when I actually need it (once or twice a
week), otherwise I charge the battery roughly 66% and put it away
(just in the drawer, not in the fridge as sometimes recommended).

Keep fingers crossed it will survive for many more months to come,
as I know that Lithium-Ion batteries are generally said to get no
older than three years ...

Ciao,
Martin

(Sorry if this appears twice. I cancelled the first response because of an
error)

Thanks for posting that, Martin. Nice to know my mind isn't playing tricks
on me. I think it's probably more the case that batteries have a finite
number of times that they can be recharged. Leaving them out of the machine
can extend them a lot, I bet. By the way, after thinking about ... I
probably don't top mine off more than once a month unless I'm going
somewhere, maybe longer. After seeing this thread, I toped them off
yesterday. After at least a month, my main cell of down to 75 percent and
that little extra one for the 9300's floppy drive bay was down to 50
percent. Too bad that little one isn't hot-swappable, incidentally.


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Regards,
Anthony Giorgianni

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"Martin Ramsch" wrote in message
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I affirm that!

To my understanding what shortens the batteries life most is the
steady heat when left in the running laptop all the time.