re: Laptop on 100% ram use all the time
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 9:51 pm
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Posted by bob wells
(1355 messages posted)
Glenn,
Glad to hear you got something going.
When you think about it, it makes sense that a bad battery could affect other things.
The A/C Power supply is constantly trying to keep the Battery at full charge. The
Power Supply has limited capacity beyond what it takes to operate the Laptop and
keep the Battery charged.
A good battery charges at a known rate, however, a bad battery is an unknown factor.
The charger my be using much of it's capacity for the battery, beyond design spec,
and not have enough power left to PROPERLY operate the Laptop.
IMHO, if all the other problems are resolved by removing the Battery, the Battery
is the most likely Suspect.
Not saying something else isn't amiss, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Wait
for the problems to present themselves and deal with what you can identify.
BW
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There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you.
On Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 1:35 pm, glenn wrote:
>thank you to all for your help.
>After about 5 hours of trying just about everything under the sun, I decided to
remove
>the battery even though I had not been using it. I had been using the laptop from
>the mains electricity.
>Simply physically removing the battery (which I think had reached the end of its
>natural life) solved the problem.
>Heaven only knows why the death of a battery, which was not even being used, should
>cause the appearance of 'Hiddenfaxwindow'.
>How absurd! And how frustrating!
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