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| Started by | William Torrez Corea <willitc9888@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2023-09-04 05:50 +0200 |
| Last post | 2023-09-05 08:10 +0200 |
| Articles | 7 — 5 participants |
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Components of the computer William Torrez Corea <willitc9888@gmail.com> - 2023-09-04 05:50 +0200
Re: Components of the computer Marco <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-09-04 07:40 +0200
Re: Components of the computer David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-09-04 22:10 +0200
Re: Components of the computer jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2023-09-05 00:30 +0200
Re: Components of the computer David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-09-05 01:20 +0200
Re: Components of the computer Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2023-09-06 11:20 +0200
Re: Components of the computer Marco <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-09-05 08:10 +0200
| From | William Torrez Corea <willitc9888@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2023-09-04 05:50 +0200 |
| Subject | Components of the computer |
| Message-ID | <Ha8L7-6yrU-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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My battery and Optical disc drive is bad: How can I recover these devices? -- With kindest regards, William. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
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| From | Marco <mm@dorfdsl.de> |
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| Date | 2023-09-04 07:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Haatz-6AdE-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #261474 |
Am 03.09.2023 um 21:40:11 Uhr schrieb William Torrez Corea:
> My battery and Optical disc drive is bad:
> How can I recover these devices?
You need to buy a new accumulator ("battery") for your machine.
When the optical drive cannot read CDs anymore, try to clean the lens.
If that doesn't work, replace it. Notebook optical drives are
standardized, only the cover is different. Unmount the front cover from
your current optical drive and mount it to the new one.
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| From | David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> |
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| Date | 2023-09-04 22:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Hao3v-6ICM-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #261475 |
On 9/3/23 22:35, Marco wrote:
> Am 03.09.2023 um 21:40:11 Uhr schrieb William Torrez Corea:
>
>> My battery and Optical disc drive is bad:
>> How can I recover these devices?
>
> You need to buy a new accumulator ("battery") for your machine.
+1
Beware of laptop batteries that have been in storage for a long period
-- the electrochemistry changes and their ability to hold a charge
degrades (eventually to zero).
I recommend looking for a new, recently manufactured, aftermarket
battery that is the recommended replacement for your specific laptop.
> When the optical drive cannot read CDs anymore, try to clean the lens.
> If that doesn't work, replace it. Notebook optical drives are
> standardized, only the cover is different. Unmount the front cover from
> your current optical drive and mount it to the new one.
-1
I have found that slim type optical drives in laptops are not
interchangeable -- the physical configuration between the drive, the
front bezel, the front quick-change latch, etc., is specific to that
combination.
I recommend buying an exact replacement optical drive assembly -- drive,
bezel, latch, whatever. Ensure that the laptop manufacturer part number
matches (e.g. Dell Part Number; the optical drive manufacturer part
number may or may not match). I typically buy used parts, test them on
arrival, and rely upon the eBay DOA return/ refund policy for bad parts.
That said, I have found that optical drives do not last very long;
especially slim type. Several years ago, I bought a LITE-ON "Premium"
DVD-RW drive that is advertised for heavy use (e.g. CD/DVD replication).
I put it into an external eSATA/USB enclosure. So far, so good. An
external optical drive is especially useful for installing operating
systems on computers without optical drives -- so that the installation
target drive is assigned device node "sda" during installation.
David
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| From | jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2023-09-05 00:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <HaqeZ-6JQQ-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #261482 |
On 5/9/23 04:05, David Christensen wrote: > I recommend looking for a new, recently manufactured, aftermarket > battery that is the recommended replacement for your specific laptop. > In my experience, just about any aftermarket laptop battery you buy off ebay or Amazon will have significantly lower capacity than advertised. There may be some brand name laptop batteries that have capacity that matches specifications but I guess they will cost as much as a genuine part.
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| From | David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> |
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| Date | 2023-09-05 01:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Har1n-6KnB-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #261486 |
On 9/4/23 15:27, jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 5/9/23 04:05, David Christensen wrote: >> I recommend looking for a new, recently manufactured, aftermarket >> battery that is the recommended replacement for your specific laptop. >> > > In my experience, just about any aftermarket laptop battery you buy off > ebay or Amazon will have significantly lower capacity than advertised. > > There may be some brand name laptop batteries that have capacity that > matches specifications but I guess they will cost as much as a genuine > part. A new battery from the laptop manufacturer should perform well, but prices can be high and batteries may not be available for older machines. David
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| From | Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> |
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| Date | 2023-09-06 11:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <HaWRz-74CI-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #261486 |
jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> writes: > In my experience, just about any aftermarket laptop battery you buy > off ebay or Amazon will have significantly lower capacity than > advertised. Aftermarket batteries can also be physically bad, i.e. not fitting properly. One reason why I finally retired my old Thinkpad X201, I got a replacement battery which could work itself loose and then power would just disappear. Really annoying.
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| From | Marco <mm@dorfdsl.de> |
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| Date | 2023-09-05 08:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Haxq9-6OvU-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #261482 |
Am 04.09.2023 um 13:05:25 Uhr schrieb David Christensen: > I have found that slim type optical drives in laptops are not > interchangeable -- the physical configuration between the drive, the > front bezel, the front quick-change latch, etc., is specific to that > combination. The front is different, but can be unmounted and replaced by the old one. The mounting of the drive itself is also proprietary, but IIRC it can also be mounted on another drive. The connection to the computer is different. there is SATA (I only saw one standard for that for optical drives) and IDE (I saw multiple connectors for that).
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