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One VAIO, humming...
At full load, running about three copies of Mozilla, the LJ client, and doing a virus scan, the air exiting the back vent is at a steady 120.6 deg F. The case does not feel hot.
Talking about electronics, a pair of fully charged AAA batteries managed to die inside my PalmPilot within 3-4 days. I mean die! To the point where the unit lost all of its data and booted from scratch when I did put a new set of batteries in. I'm not entirely sure it's the fault of the batteries, as I have caught the Palm being "on" when it had no business being so (almost as if the auto-off had stopped working).
On the other hand, I've experienced "dead" alkaline batteries in a Palm, and have noted that they will at least retain enough charge to keep the data alive for a long time. Thus, I am "retiring" the NiMH AAA's the next time I go on the road. I can't afford to have my PDA crap out on me like that.
Cheers...
Talking about electronics, a pair of fully charged AAA batteries managed to die inside my PalmPilot within 3-4 days. I mean die! To the point where the unit lost all of its data and booted from scratch when I did put a new set of batteries in. I'm not entirely sure it's the fault of the batteries, as I have caught the Palm being "on" when it had no business being so (almost as if the auto-off had stopped working).
On the other hand, I've experienced "dead" alkaline batteries in a Palm, and have noted that they will at least retain enough charge to keep the data alive for a long time. Thus, I am "retiring" the NiMH AAA's the next time I go on the road. I can't afford to have my PDA crap out on me like that.
Cheers...
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Osel Alkaline discharge curve (http://www.ningbobattery.com/htm/test-nimh.htm)
Osel NiMh discharge curve (http://www.ningbobattery.com/htm/test-nimh.htm)
Maha NiMh discharge curve (http://www.mahaenergy.com/support/techfact/chart/discharg.htm)