ThinkPad A21M battery

Power Laptop Could Get New Life

The tech world is developing quickly, and so is the laptop power technology. IBM Laptop Battery,The today’s result of laptop power packs research is a gradual switchover from lithium iron batteries to portable fuel cells.

Media Bay Fuel Cell

We can trace the respected activity of some power source makers and be aware of what we are to have soon. For instance Panasonic’s purpose is to create a methanol fuel cell enabling a laptop to work for 20 hours,02K6928, 02K7054, ThinkPad A20, ThinkPad A20M, ThinkPad A21M,
but this promise is planned by the company only in two-three years.

The more working hours for cell-phone talk is already offered by Medis Technologies Ltd., it has issued a 1-watt liquid borohydride fuel cell recharger with the above-mentioned potency. But the 24-7 Power Pack when exhausted has to be recycled, not refuelled.

Anyway some analysts do not expect the wide commercialization for fuel cells,02K6928, the switchover will go a bit at a time. The new technology should be standardized. And nowadays some companies manufacturing laptop power units are moving toward their products other than fuel cells, but enabling enlarge their capacity as well. For instance silver-zinc batteries are expected from Lenovo, and their capacity will be 20-30 per cent higher than that of a conventional lithium ion battery.

New Recall Of Sony Laptop Battery Packs

Nowadays we have become again witnesses of new recalling Sony battery packs for laptops in amount of 100,000 pieces.02K6928, 02K7054, ThinkPad A20, ThinkPad A20M, ThinkPad A21M,
This recall is referred to 2.15Ah lithium-ion cell batteries which had been sold for HP, Dell and Toshiba devices.

The notice made by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that states they have received 40 reports of battery overheating. The recall covers also Inspiron and Dell Latitude units sold about three years ago.02K7054, It was quite a surprise for Sony as they did not sell the batteries directly, they were sold by PC makers, electronic stores and online retail dealers.

Sony Laptop Battery

The reason of overheating is flaws in the PC and separate batteries sold outside the United States. And Sony report a number of incidents have occurred because of smoke and flames, some minute damage, flaws in the electrodes metal foils and small burns. There is an opinion that due to some adjustments in Sony’s manufacturing line, taking place in 2004-2005, from which the quality of cells in certain products suffered.02K6928, 02K7054, ThinkPad A20, ThinkPad A20M, ThinkPad A21M,
Sony also say that only a small part of laptop battery packs were recalled which were sold within last six years.ThinkPad A20, And it is almost nothing compared with 10 million Sony batteries sold to several major computer manufacturers in 2006-2007.

The request of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for the manufacturers is to remove and replace the damaged batteries

Apple Notebook Battery Monitoring

While the portability of laptops is the main reason they’ve grown increasingly popular, that portability comes a price, namely rechargeable batteries. Not only do these batteries limit how long you can use the computer away from a power outlet,ThinkPad A20M, they gradually lose their ability to hold a charge.

Battery Health Monitor: Another freeware option, not quite as pretty as CoconutBattery, but gives you most of the same information. Battery Health Monitor has a grid at the top that shows you the power status of the laptop. When plugged in,02K6928, 02K7054, ThinkPad A20, ThinkPad A20M, ThinkPad A21M,
the word “A/C Power” is bold for example; when on battery power, the word is grayed out.

 

Other indicators include “Battery Depleted” and “Not Chargeable,” neither of which you’ll want to see bolded. Battery Health Monitor also tells you how many charge cycles the battery has gone through as well as the current voltage the battery is delivering.

SlimBatteryMonitor: ThinkPad A21M,
This piece of freeware is essentially a fancy replacement for Apple’s laptop battery icon.