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RE: Dell battery nag-ware?

Subject: RE: Dell battery nag-ware?
From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:38:06 -0000
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>
> The only links I could find were to the Dell forum with lots
> of people posting where to buy a new battery cheaply.
> Perhaps the battery really has got to 60% (or whatever) and
> it _is_ coincidence that it happened on the machine's 4th birthday.
>

My Inspiron 1000 was new in April 2005, it was replaced by my Inspiron 1720
in April 2008. The battery in the 1000 was already useless by then, it only
gave a maximum of about 10 minutes before it would shut down so it is more
than possible that the battery is totally useless.

Keith



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