Battery Backup Guide

STL Biker asked:


Isn’t one type of battery better than the other? Why don’t all electronics use the better battery and which type of battery is the better battery?

Max asked:


I am considering buying multiple backup Lithium Ion batteries for my GBA SP before Nintendo stops producing them.

afawefaw11 asked:


* Intel Core 2 Duo T5270 (1.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
* Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic
* 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
* 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display
* 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMMs
* 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
* 8X CD/DVD+RW Read and Burn CD and DVD
* Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
* Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card
* 10GB for 1yr Online Backup by Dell Datasafe
Should I upgrade too 4gb too make it faster or is it okay with the 2gb already installed?

Anon asked:


I just bought my first laptop and I want to know what I should do about it’s battery. It can last 2 hours and I was wondering what I should do when it starts dying on me. I also would like to know of any tips to prevent it from dying out.

If I was to buy a lithium battery say from newegg.. would it work in my laptop?

My System Details
PROCESSORAMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor TK-57 (1.9GHz/256KB)edit
OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows Vista® Home Basic, Service Pack 1edit
PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARENo Pre-installed Productivity Softwareedit

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LCD PANEL15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Anti-Glare Displayedit
MEMORY2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 Dimmedit
HARD DRIVE160GB 5400RPM Hard Driveedit
OPTICAL DRIVE8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+R write capability, Cyberlink Power DVDedit
VIDEO CARDATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (integrated)edit
WI-FI WIRELESS CARDDell Wireless 1395 802.11g Wi-Fi Internal Cardedit
Service
BATTERIES6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Batteryedit
SECURITY McAfee Total Protection for Small Business, 30-day subscriptionedit
ADOBE SOFTWAREAdobe® Acrobat® Readeredit
ONLINE BUSINESS GROWTH TOOLS Free Microsoft Office Live Small Businessedit
My Services & Warranties
DELL DATASAFE™ ONLINE BACKUP No Online Data Back Up Installededit
ON-SITE SYSTEM SETUPNo Onsite System Setupedit
PURCHASE INTENTPurchase is not intended for resale.edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
SOUND OPTIONIntegrated Audio
LabelsWindows Vista™ Basic

Seedrick asked:


How many hours of backup should I expect from a new 6 cell Lithium ion battery?

keith100_adams asked:


My IBM thinkpad has a small round lithium battery that is easy to get to. The model is the a20m. Is this battery the same as the CMOS battery onmost deskto computer mother boards?

bexsie asked:


I have a HP Photosmart R742 Digital Camera. Works great. But I would love to have a 2nd battery for backup. Unfortunately I cant find a location that sells them or even on HP website.
Ebay has some but their China made & I read that those are not good. HP says that that model is discontinued & no accessories are being sold anymore….

Where can I find one?

Feisling asked:


I plan to keep my Smartphone for a while and I want to buy a battery for backup. I wanted to buy the battery NOW since it might not be available in the market in the next few years. The question now is… DOES UNUSED LITHIUM-ION BATTERY EXPIRE?

Jugi asked:


I’m looking to get a new digital camera. I’ve been looking at a lot of the very small ones, and noticing that they all seem to come with their own rechargeable battery. My current camera uses AA batteries, and when I use lithium batteries, they seem to last forever. (Regular batteries are eaten up quickly.) I do tend to take lots of pictures - basically anything that moves (and I guess everything that doesn’t too). Would I be sacrificing on battery life by choosing a model that comes with its own rechargeable battery? I’d hate to be on vacation somewhere and the thing just dies in the middle of the day. Also, are backup batteries expensive?
My main concern is how many pictures I can get out of a single charge.