Comments on: Shocker: Asus warranty doesn’t cover exploding 3rd party batteries http://liliputing.com/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover.html Compact Computing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Korgmeister http://liliputing.com/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover.html#comment-46704 Korgmeister Thu, 08 May 2008 18:33:53 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover-exploding-3rd-party-batteries.html#comment-46704 Given what I am presently learning about batteries in class, and how weedy the power supply of the EEEPC is, it doesn't surprise me at all that plugging in a much higher capacity than would have been designed for is causing this sort of catastrophic failure.<br><br>Power systems are one of those areas of electronics that suffers from "Anything I don't understand is simple and easy" syndrome. A good, stable, non-explosive power supply is actually a damn tricky thing to accomplish and it's pretty easy to screw things up by randomly changing certain variables. (I'm pretty confident that the higher capacity battery I put in my MP3 player does not in fact charge fully because the factory charging control was probably preset for a 1700 mAh battery) Given what I am presently learning about batteries in class, and how weedy the power supply of the EEEPC is, it doesn't surprise me at all that plugging in a much higher capacity than would have been designed for is causing this sort of catastrophic failure.

Power systems are one of those areas of electronics that suffers from “Anything I don't understand is simple and easy” syndrome. A good, stable, non-explosive power supply is actually a damn tricky thing to accomplish and it's pretty easy to screw things up by randomly changing certain variables. (I'm pretty confident that the higher capacity battery I put in my MP3 player does not in fact charge fully because the factory charging control was probably preset for a 1700 mAh battery)

]]> By: Korgmeister http://liliputing.com/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover.html#comment-5899 Korgmeister Thu, 08 May 2008 14:33:53 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover-exploding-3rd-party-batteries.html#comment-5899 Given what I am presently learning about batteries in class, and how weedy the power supply of the EEEPC is, it doesn't surprise me at all that plugging in a much higher capacity than would have been designed for is causing this sort of catastrophic failure.<br><br>Power systems are one of those areas of electronics that suffers from "Anything I don't understand is simple and easy" syndrome. A good, stable, non-explosive power supply is actually a damn tricky thing to accomplish and it's pretty easy to screw things up by randomly changing certain variables. (I'm pretty confident that the higher capacity battery I put in my MP3 player does not in fact charge fully because the factory charging control was probably preset for a 1700 mAh battery) Given what I am presently learning about batteries in class, and how weedy the power supply of the EEEPC is, it doesn't surprise me at all that plugging in a much higher capacity than would have been designed for is causing this sort of catastrophic failure.

Power systems are one of those areas of electronics that suffers from “Anything I don't understand is simple and easy” syndrome. A good, stable, non-explosive power supply is actually a damn tricky thing to accomplish and it's pretty easy to screw things up by randomly changing certain variables. (I'm pretty confident that the higher capacity battery I put in my MP3 player does not in fact charge fully because the factory charging control was probably preset for a 1700 mAh battery)

]]> By: Korgmeister http://liliputing.com/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover.html#comment-914 Korgmeister Thu, 08 May 2008 11:33:53 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover-exploding-3rd-party-batteries.html#comment-914 Given what I am presently learning about batteries in class, and how weedy the power supply of the EEEPC is, it doesn't surprise me at all that plugging in a much higher capacity than would have been designed for is causing this sort of catastrophic failure.<br><br>Power systems are one of those areas of electronics that suffers from "Anything I don't understand is simple and easy" syndrome. A good, stable, non-explosive power supply is actually a damn tricky thing to accomplish and it's pretty easy to screw things up by randomly changing certain variables. (I'm pretty confident that the higher capacity battery I put in my MP3 player does not in fact charge fully because the factory charging control was probably preset for a 1700 mAh battery) Given what I am presently learning about batteries in class, and how weedy the power supply of the EEEPC is, it doesn’t surprise me at all that plugging in a much higher capacity than would have been designed for is causing this sort of catastrophic failure.

Power systems are one of those areas of electronics that suffers from “Anything I don’t understand is simple and easy” syndrome. A good, stable, non-explosive power supply is actually a damn tricky thing to accomplish and it’s pretty easy to screw things up by randomly changing certain variables. (I’m pretty confident that the higher capacity battery I put in my MP3 player does not in fact charge fully because the factory charging control was probably preset for a 1700 mAh battery)

]]> By: FireWolf http://liliputing.com/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover.html#comment-913 FireWolf Wed, 07 May 2008 23:35:14 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/05/shocker-asus-warranty-doesnt-cover-exploding-3rd-party-batteries.html#comment-913 It's kinda funny because I sent an email to that Ebay "Taiwan" battery vendor asking them if they warranty damage to the EEE PC caused by their battery and they told me "No, we only warranty the battery, sorry." <br><br>That was all I needed to know. I am hoping Asus moves its ass on the 6cell because I'm wanting more "off-the-grid" time. It’s kinda funny because I sent an email to that Ebay “Taiwan” battery vendor asking them if they warranty damage to the EEE PC caused by their battery and they told me “No, we only warranty the battery, sorry.”

That was all I needed to know. I am hoping Asus moves its ass on the 6cell because I’m wanting more “off-the-grid” time.

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