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laptop question

Postby Bongtrees » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:09 pm

will a laptop work when plugged into the mains if the battery is dud?
as still have not managed to locate a genuine Toshiba battery in Spain but have found an adaptor
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Re: laptop question

Postby Enrique » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:34 pm

Hi Bongtrees,

Yes..............you may need to put the Date and time in on the power up sequences .
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Re: laptop question

Postby Gasman » Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:45 pm

Hello Bongtrees - our Acer's battery is limping :( ... it holds its charge for about 10 minutes and then abruptly chops itself off without warning :wtf: !!! So we are running ok with it plugged in, and have actually taken the battery out and then run the laptop direct of the mains - so yes... it will run with a dud battery and it will run with the dud battery not even there - but you do need mains (or a generator! :silent: )
Not noticed any difficulty on starting it up - all OK. :thumbup:

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Re: laptop question

Postby dxf » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:37 pm

Hola

If you try Ebay / Amazon then laptop batteries are cheap - I have bought several including a Toshiba battery in September this year

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Re: laptop question

Postby costakid » Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:01 am

I ran my old laptop without a battery until I converted to mac without a problem. Never had to put the date in as I'm sure the software stores this type of data.

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Re: laptop question

Postby Enrique » Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:44 am

Hi costakid,

"Never had to put the date in as I'm sure the software stores this type of data."...it certainly is.

If the CMOS battery has expired too then the Time and date is not saved.

I have a very old Toshiba Laptop with both batteries failed............. :(

Still fire it up when MS office required......... :)
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