Laptop not charging.

[Baron]

T i m Inscribed thus:

On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:37:34 +0000, Baron <baron@linuxmaniac.net
wrote:



Ah. I envisioned a unit that the battery was placed into rather than a
connector on a flying lead. I would be interested in the pin out for
that.

http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/DELL_D500_D600_battery

Cheers, T i m
Thanks:

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[T i m]

On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:12:15 -0600, Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov>
wrote:

I was thinking that I only need an old (compatible/ Dell) laptop base
/ mobo and I've already got a dead battery and I should be able to put
something together (in the best Frankenstein stylee). ;-)

Assuming these batteries only report 'I'm a Dell battery' rather than
"I'm a Dell battery for a Studio 1535 with a pink lid ..."? ;-(


I used to build my own custom extenders (and dummy loads for
switchers)while at Tektronix. they helped a lot.

Yeah, I used to do similar when a data comms tech. We would bring out
a new range of comms gear but my boss was reluctant to go out and buy
new test kit for it so would get me to design and build all manner of
converters. I enjoyed doing so and it was good to see the other
support guys using it in the field thereafter. ;-)

Designers just don't make things accessible like they used to.
or provide useful test points.)

I guess because no human is ever going to test it?

I guess it's part of the "throwaway" culture. :-(

Yup, so it seems and unlikely to change while we seem to be
squandering the worlds recourses as we are today.

Cheers, T i m

p.s. I fid it difficult to throw things away (although I'm not sure
there is such a place as 'away') because even a broken thing contains
parts and materials that may be of use to me at some point. There have
been numerous instances where I have used parts scavenged from
something to repair something else ... some salvaged particularly long
machine screws or switches / whatever.

The 'price' of that flexibility is a house full of 'stuff'.

 

[Jim Yanik]

T i m <news@spaced.me.uk> wrote in
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p.s. I fid it difficult to throw things away (although I'm not sure
there is such a place as 'away') because even a broken thing contains
parts and materials that may be of use to me at some point. There have
been numerous instances where I have used parts scavenged from
something to repair something else ... some salvaged particularly long
machine screws or switches / whatever.

The 'price' of that flexibility is a house full of 'stuff'.

yeah,I'm a packrat too.
every time I "houseclean",a short time later I realize I threw away
something I could have used.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

 

[T i m]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:10:32 -0600, Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov>
wrote:

The 'price' of that flexibility is a house full of 'stuff'.



yeah,I'm a packrat too.
every time I "houseclean",a short time later I realize I threw away
something I could have used.

Oh don't.

I was given a micro PC case and stand and did nothing with it for
/years/. Eventually in a fit of tidiness I took the case and it's
stand down the dump. I threw the plastic stand in the plastic
recycling but couldn't bring myself to throw the case.

Two weeks later Mum wanted a PC and I put one together using the
little case. Ideally it would have stood on it's edge on a raised
stand ... ;-(

It's like when beggars come up to you and ask if you have any 'spare
change'. I'm my mind I'm thinking 'I don't know, I haven't finished my
life yet ...' ?

I really thing these TV shows are trying to de-program millions of
years of evolution that has shown that 'stuff' is valuable but maybe
only to those with the skills to use it [1] (and hence today's
trends).

However, this is mainly a 1st world problem as in the 3rd world more
things are used and reused to their fullest. I mean, we even ship our
rubbish there.

Cheers, T i m

[1] And to be fair, the ability to fix stuff even with the tool, LSI
and cars covered in electronics etc.