QUOTE(SKY 1809 @ Jul 7 2009, 12:17 PM)

Very good piece of advice.

However, for me  that have to be out in the field , practically quite hard to find the "right timing " to recharge the battery.

While waiting for battery to be almost drained out ( ready for recharge ) , we could be out in the field and could be long days too. 

So charging the battery back to 100% ( from 50% ) while back to office/home , and get ready for the next day could be the solution, though not the ideal way.

Now my 1000H suffers a 4.5% wear after about 10 months of use.
I wonder how you can find the perfect timing to charge, unless you have several netbooks to use alternately. Or buying a spare battery might help ?

Mind to share more with your expertise ?

I used to be out on the field too
Haha for me (you have to forget the fact that i have multiple netbooks, having multiple netbooks does not also mean i bring all of them along with me, thatll kinda beat the purpose somewhat doesnt it haha) I have a spare battery i carry, third party nonetheless but has served me well for that purpose. I also used to travel long distance while on the road, driving or being driven. I have a AC Adapter in my car for that purpose, it converts the cars 12V to the Power needed to recharge the laptops battery using the power adapter. That way, I can have the battery and the laptop ready for action once i reach my destination, using 3rd party china made batteries also made me dont mind doing the start stop charging like one always does for their machines. Only being China made ie not so original, they also I find to be a little hardier so thats a plus point. Noting that though, i also always observe when they are being charged, being from China, quality sometimes is a little suspect and you dont want the fella to blow up while charging now do you Ive been lucky though all this while

Since you mentioned about AC car adapter, how reliable it is ?

There are many times that I want to buy this adapter from a computer Hyper market, but decide to put it back again and again. It is not the cost matters, but the safety of it.

Now you mention it, perhaps the right timing for me to grab one.

Mind to share again ?

QUOTE(SKY 1809 @ Jul 7 2009, 12:44 PM)

Since you mentioned about AC car adapter, how reliable it is ?

There are many times that I want to buy this adapter from a computer Hyper market, but decide to put it back again and again. It is not the cost matters, but the safety of it.

Now you mention it, perhaps the right timing  for me to grab one.

Mind to share again ?

I still have mine (China brand, mind you and not Belkin or a branded one), when i was talking about safety of stuff from China, it was more to the battery on the laptop. In any case back to my AC Adapter. Mine is 5 years old (really!) and still works a charm. Most i powered up was, that single AC adapter (it provides 220Volts out) with a power brick, you know the one that enables you to connect multiple electrical source at once..in any case
1. Single AC Adapter ( 220 Volts )
2. Power Brick for 4 power.
3. Powered up 1 x 701 EEEPC, 1 x 901GO EEEPC, 1 x Aspire One D250 and 1 Study Lamp.

All this while car is moving for about 2 hours. Whats the study lamp doing there, well it was a study of things thats all i can say, in any case power was constant throughout and all the batteries still run fine till now. That was about 8 months ago i think.

A friend borrowed the Adapter to run a TV set and a fan at his Boot Sale, it worked fine too. Only that since his engine wasnt running, he couldnt start the car after

if you want to buy, there are only 2 or 3 around. Strangely Sri Computers sell it for RM30 whilst All IT Hypermart sells the same thing for RM79.

Maybe pricing mistake but good for you then

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Secondly: You might not be treating the battery with enough care. Using the machine while both the battery and direct power from the cord is connected will impact the battery life. Batteries should not be used while the machine is being charged, if you are on full battery and youre near a power supply choose either to disconnect the battery and run only via power or ensure the battery is fully charge to its maximum capacity before disconnecting. Sometimes what happens is you see your battery low, you then rush to a power supply to charge the machine, 30 minutes later you have to rush off somewhere. Your pull out your machine, you glance on the power, it shows fully charged, even though normal full charge (while not being used) is about 2.5 hours. You then use the machine where the battery is not on full capacity and charges it again at your next stop. This lack of care for the battery would greatly affect on its life. I have laptops in the office, its always on battery and always charged. Taking them out to be used for meetings gets them only 30 minutes of life. Preety bad. My personal company laptop, however using the same care for batteries, i still have 2.5 hours life on the machine. They have the same lifespan being issued out. So among the folks in my team, their machines are pretty much relegated to being Desktop Laptops.

thank you for the earlier advice on skining and also the above tip. Its superb advice. It is very true.

Most notebooks owners when on socket power, just leave their batteries on. After a few months, get only 30 minutes of standby.

I will listen to your superb advice.



This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Jul 7 2009, 01:01 PM

Many thanks for sharing.

I think I am your follower one way or another.

About 2 Weeks ago I carried my Asus 1000 to buy Dell Mini 9 ( comes with 3G modem ), the boss thought that I was not serious to buy his mini 9, since I carried one netbook along.

He also asked me why I need to buy another, was Asus 1000h no good ?

Kinda hard to explain to him. Maybe Netbook diehard fan , hahaha.

This post has been edited by SKY 1809: Jul 7 2009, 01:23 PM

May i know asus EeePc 1000He in brushed-silver color available in Malaysia or not? anyone know about it?

yes available in lyp

Erm hopefully it available in east m'sia bcos i'm from kuching, sarawak. Will it cost higher for brushed silver color?

Hi,
I have installed a small battery software called BatteryBar to monitor my 1000H battery level.

Upon fully charge, XP software indicate that I have about 6hrs usage, but the battery bar gives only 4 hrs.

But the actual usage is about 5 hrs or so.

What does that indicate ? a bit of confused .

This post has been edited by SKY 1809: Jul 11 2009, 01:24 PM

Just bought my 1002HA (Black Color), and upgraded it to 2GB RAM.

Got it from Evernew in Digital Mall....

XP battery meter has never been accurate.

BatteryBar is a good choice, as it's very accurate.

Noted with thanks.

how much do u buy this netbook?

battery bar vs xp software

battery bar more accurate for actual average time, just let ur netbook running for several week it will adjust , mine at the begining 3hours now become 4hours and 30min, it is calculated based on average usage time

xp software is kinda like based on the processes , if you doing something stressful to ur netbook it shows 2hours then when you let it idle for a while it becomes 4hours , its accurate when your netbook is not idle..so basically when watching movies, xp tends to be very accurate on that side.

Just want to ask. Which eeepc model able to play blu-ray rip 1080p mkv video smoothly?

Noted and thank you.

hi,

Anyone happens to have "zif to cf" adapter and wants to sell it, please let me know. I am interested to buy it. Thanks!

hey guys just got meself a eeepc 2g 700 surf, it is now currently the best rm699 i ever spend

anyhoo, can i know if it where to get extra batt for this n how much do i expect to pay?

hi guys,

i just buy this 1000HE today at viewnet lyp. so far it suit me.

1000HE (white) new user signing in! Just picked mine up last weekend.

Quick Q cos it wasn't on the first post ... what are some decent games that you guys play on your eee? I've got Pirates which runs well, but Monkey Island special edition runs like crap even though the graphics aren't anything spectacular. Gonna try install psxemu if I can find my old PSX FF7 and FF9 discs in the storeroom next.