urbandruid (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
urbandruid) wrote2005-03-27 09:38 am
urbandruid) wrote2005-03-27 09:38 am
Spring break & batteries
Still alive, believe it or not.
I've had the last week off from school for spring break, and I spent most of it doing as little as possible. I got a few things done that I'd wanted to do, but mostly... I wasted my time. *sigh* So what else is new? I spent half the week trying to fix this crazy issue I've been having with my laptop battery- said issue being that it basically sucks, it says it's at 99% (charging), which it's said for ages, but is in fact somewhere in the ballpark of 33%... and when I tried to recalibrate the battery, following the instructions from the user's manual, it got to 33%, and then sat there...for hours and hours and hours. The book said it would take "several" hours, so I wasn't too worried after three hours. Then I went out to dinner, ran some errunds, came home, three more hours later, for a total of six. 33%. I restarted it. Same thing happened, so I gave up.
Called Gateway yesterday. Surprise- they agree with me that the battery is toast.
Now here's the really crappy thing. I checked, and the extended warrenty I got when we bought the laptop is still in effect. So I thought, no problem, they'll replace the battery, right? Hah. Extended warrenty doesn't cover batteries anymore. Sucks, huh? So I thought, okay, fine, this is annoying, but what am I gonna do? A new battery is $129. Ouch, but I do need one, so... Can they sell me one?
Of course not, because they are out of stock. As is their supplier.
Which was about the time I started headdesking, a lot.
The Gateway guy said he could sell me the secondary battery for my computer, and it's cheaper. I was like, no, you don't get this, do you? My primary just croaked, I need a new one of those. It'll probably flip out if I slap a secondary in there and it has a toasted primary.
Cue more headdesking.
I have no idea what I'm going to do now, except keep checking back with Gateway and the supplier, and hope they get more in.
I have finals in a little over a month, and I think I might be coming down with the flu-like thing Mom brought home from work. I don't need this right now.
If Gateway ever gets them back in stock, maybe I'll buy two, and the damn secondary. I'm getting really tired of this crap.
As if I wasn't having a fun enough weekend, I get to go over to Grandma's for Easter lunch. Uh... yay. It'll be nice to see my aunt and uncle, haven't seen them for a while, but I'm just not in the mood to deal with my relatives. I never am when I feel this bad. *sigh*
What I'd really like to do is go back to bed, but... no such luck.
I've had the last week off from school for spring break, and I spent most of it doing as little as possible. I got a few things done that I'd wanted to do, but mostly... I wasted my time. *sigh* So what else is new? I spent half the week trying to fix this crazy issue I've been having with my laptop battery- said issue being that it basically sucks, it says it's at 99% (charging), which it's said for ages, but is in fact somewhere in the ballpark of 33%... and when I tried to recalibrate the battery, following the instructions from the user's manual, it got to 33%, and then sat there...for hours and hours and hours. The book said it would take "several" hours, so I wasn't too worried after three hours. Then I went out to dinner, ran some errunds, came home, three more hours later, for a total of six. 33%. I restarted it. Same thing happened, so I gave up.
Called Gateway yesterday. Surprise- they agree with me that the battery is toast.
Now here's the really crappy thing. I checked, and the extended warrenty I got when we bought the laptop is still in effect. So I thought, no problem, they'll replace the battery, right? Hah. Extended warrenty doesn't cover batteries anymore. Sucks, huh? So I thought, okay, fine, this is annoying, but what am I gonna do? A new battery is $129. Ouch, but I do need one, so... Can they sell me one?
Of course not, because they are out of stock. As is their supplier.
Which was about the time I started headdesking, a lot.
The Gateway guy said he could sell me the secondary battery for my computer, and it's cheaper. I was like, no, you don't get this, do you? My primary just croaked, I need a new one of those. It'll probably flip out if I slap a secondary in there and it has a toasted primary.
Cue more headdesking.
I have no idea what I'm going to do now, except keep checking back with Gateway and the supplier, and hope they get more in.
I have finals in a little over a month, and I think I might be coming down with the flu-like thing Mom brought home from work. I don't need this right now.
If Gateway ever gets them back in stock, maybe I'll buy two, and the damn secondary. I'm getting really tired of this crap.
As if I wasn't having a fun enough weekend, I get to go over to Grandma's for Easter lunch. Uh... yay. It'll be nice to see my aunt and uncle, haven't seen them for a while, but I'm just not in the mood to deal with my relatives. I never am when I feel this bad. *sigh*
What I'd really like to do is go back to bed, but... no such luck.
no subject
Gateway laptop issues... don't we just love them... O.o
no subject
Sorry to hear about all the not-fun!