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Notebook Battery Life - 3 Easy steps to extend the life of your notebook battery

2008-03-05T19:26:00.000-08:00

____Notebook computers. At this point in the 21st century, they have become an indispenable part of many people's everyday lives. From the commuting business executive and the busy college student, we all want to be mobile with our computers. The big drawback of that is the fact that there is not always a plug around when you need one. A notebook computer's battery is its life-blood. Without proper care, your notebook battery could fail much earlier than anticipated. By following a few simple steps, you can expect to get the greatest amount of usage possible out of your notebook battery before a replacement is needed.

1. Upon purchase, charge the battery to full capacity. Whether you have purchased a new computer have purchased a new battery for your laptop, charging it fully as soon as you open the box is the best recommendation. This allows the battery to reach a full capacity before you begin to use it "unplugged". Most batteries come with a partial charge, enough to get you going if you absolutely had to. Giving that battery a full charge when it is brand new will help set the charge capacity for the battery at its highest possible level.

2. Once you reach a full charge, leave the computer plugged in for at least 2 hours. This action lets the battery "rest" at a full charge for a fairly lengthy period of time. At this point, the battery is not drawing power from your wall socket to charge, and it is also not supplying any power to your system. Letting your battery rest for a time after a full charge helps to "lock-in" that full charge capacity.

3. Unplug the computer and drain the battery. It might sound silly, but now that you have gotten that battery to a full charge, you need to drain the power almost completely. Again, this will help determine the charge capacity of the battery. Leave your computer unplugged and use it until you get a warning telling you that the battery is almost completely discharge. Then save whatever you are working on and power the computer down. Plug back into the wall socket for a fresh charge. Then use the computer at your leisure.

If you follow these steps about once a month, your notebook battery should last a nice long while. Not to say that you will never have to replace it, but at least it will be a long time before you need to.

by: Michael Paul

External Storage Comparison

2008-02-07T06:21:00.000-08:00

Because there are many types of external storage you can use for asus eee pc, there is a comparison that can help you to choose correctly external storage.
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1. HD SATA->USB Western Digital 8MB cache, 120GB
This is a 2.5" SATA notebook hardisk connected with external usb 2.0 hardisk case. it's cheaper than you buy a completed external hardisk like freeagent(seagate).
2. SD USB Kingston Data Traveller II 4GB
A well-known flash drive or thumb drive is easy to bring it anywhere with you.
3. SD Transcend Highspeed 150x 4GB
This is a highspeed secure card sized 4 GB. in my opinion, i think it's so expensive when comparing with HD SATA->USB.
4. SD A-Data Speedy 2GB
This is the same card type as SD Transcend Highspeed 150x 4GB but it contain less size: 2GB.
5. SSD Silicon Motion 4GB
This is a storage that locate in your asus eee pc.
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For testing all external storage above, Sisoft Sandra Pro program is requested for this comparison.
Let's see the result...

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Summarize
1.External HD has highest performance.
2.Runners-up are ssd and thumb drive.
3.The lowest performance is SD card.
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Next, the graph shows read&write speed for different files size.

The result quite same as the performance:
HD -> SSD,FD -> SD
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The final summary:
For high speed : External HD
For cheap : Thumb Drive
For comfortable : SD Card
Choose your suitable card to benefit you.

Make your desktop more useful

2008-02-03T18:01:00.000-08:00

Decorate your desktop with some useful mini program. [free download mp3 video movie]

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-No need to surf around for what you use most
Convenient at-a-glance view keeps your Widgets in line
-Get all of your personalized updates in one place
-Neatly organize your Widgets along any edge of your desktop

These programs are known as Yahoo Widget you can customize your widget by yourself.

Download program from http://widgets.yahoo.com/download/ install to your computer and customize it wo your favourite style.[free download mp3 video movie]

Some other adds-on widget you can download from http://widgets.yahoo.com/download/

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Sys Monitor

Shows you all the local system information you need. Fully configurable!

Winamp Remote

A Widget for controlling Winamp, a popular media player. Uses COM to plug into Winamp, please be advised that it registers a COM object at the first run, DO NOT run on guest accounts for the first time only.

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SpeedFan Temperature Monitor

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These are very useful mini program: i like stock wheater and sys monitor.

Combine Personal Organizer with Your Asus Eee Pc

2008-02-01T07:11:00.000-08:00

Easy step to make your Asus personal organizer.
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Low cost and easy. Do not need to buy a expensive case.

1.Prepare a personal organizer and your Asus Eee Pc.

2.Remove all papers and ring binder. Cover the sharp surface(happen from ring binder removing) by black glue-tape. Stick Asus eee pc and personal organizer together with two-side glue tape.[free download mp3 video movie]

3.Finish your Asus personal organizer. Share this idea with your friend.

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This makes you easy to open your Asus eee pc faster than you keep it in the pouch case.

Be careful when you buy a personal organizer, Make sure that its size fit to your Asus eee pc.

Remember that your Asus eee pc can not endure very much pressure.

Happy with your new Asus personal organizer.

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Wallpapers for Asus eee pc

2008-01-31T20:05:00.000-08:00

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-Finally, save it by right-click and choose save picture as...

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Decorate Your Asus eee pc

2008-01-31T19:20:00.000-08:00

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There are some ideas for the stickers placec on the top of the eee pc. This can create in photoshop or illustrator with non-professional skill required. For one thing, a lot of wallpapers provided on the internet can be use to create the sticker. If you have any ideas of the stickers, please do not hesitate to share them with me.[free download mp3 video movie]
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