What type of extension cord should I get to use with my laptop?

I live in a condo with a balcony, but there isn't an electrical outlet to use while sitting outside.
I would like to use my Lenovo laptop computer and not use the battery's power.
What type of extension cord should I get?
It does NOT need to be weather-proof, but I assume a regular cord such as one used with a lamp isn't what would be required.

Guest 2 answers

What kind of extension cord should I get for my laptop?

I live in a condo with a balcony, but there isn't an electrical outlet to use while sitting outside.
I would like to use my Lenovo laptop computer and not use the battery's power.
What type of extension cord should I get?
It does NOT need to be weather-proof, but I assume a regular cord isn't going to be correct.

Guest 2 answers

Will the Sims 3 graphics run well with only an integrated graphics card?

I'm looking for a new, affordable laptop, but that proves to be difficult when nothing I find appears to be compatible with the sims 3 and all it's expansions and stuff packs. The main two laptops I'm looking into are these:

Lenovo with 1TB hard drive 6GB RAM -
http://www.bestbuy.com/...Id=5707528

Dell with 1TB hard drive and 8GB RAM -
http://www.bestbuy.com/...:212,loc:2

But upon more research I've found that none have a good graphics card, just the integrated ones that I've heard aren t good for gaming, and I'm looking to play with higher graphics

But I've also heard that the integrated card draws off of RAM if there's enough of it (although that could just be my misinterpretation, I'm no expert) and I've also heard it should be running perfectly fine? I don't know, it's confusing.

Basically I need to know

1.) Whether either of those computers will run TS3 + expansions smoothly with decent graphics without any replacement parts like a graphic card, and if the RAM thing is true or not.

2.) If that doesn't work if there are other alternatives for that price that will run it by those standards.

Allison 1 answer

Lenovo Battery plugged in but not charging

I replaced the battery drivers in "device manager", updated power manager, made sure the "Conservation Mode" was "Off". Nothing changes. It still says battery is plugged in but not charging. If I remove from the outlet, the battery drains, but when plugged back in, the level remains where it was and still says "not charging". Some have said this might be a built-in method to help preserve the life of the battery, but there's usually an option in a "power" or "energy" manager to disable this feature. In Lenovo, it was the "Conservation Mode", but in my laptop, that setting is shut off. Is my battery dying? I bought the computer, brand new, less than a week ago.

Added (1). It's one of those built-in, difficult to access batteries, so I can't really disconnect it.

Guest 2 answers

Lenovo Ideapad: Battery plugged in, not charging?

The battery is built-in and not easily removed, so I didn't disconnect it. But I did uninstall the battery drivers in the Device Manager and rebooted. I did check the Lenovo battery settings and "Conservation Mode" is "Off". I've tried everything. It did this yesterday and - for no apparent reason - started charging again. Now, it's back to "Battery plugged in, not charging". It's a new laptop I've had for less than a week. What's going on and what can I do to fix this?

Cassandra says 2 answers

Lenovo laptop crashes after I moved steam games onto D: hard drive?

About a month ago I ran out of space on my regular C: hard drive, so I decided to move my steam games to the D: drive. Ever since then, it has been crashing at random points whenever I'm playing games. I get a blue screen informing me it needs to shut itself down and an error saying WATCHDOG_VIOLATION. I have done everything including, uninstalling and reinstalling Steam (several times) and trying to fix the drive using cmd. I own Windows 10, in case you are wondering.

Guest 1 answer

Best laptop purely for use during lectures?

I already have a great laptop i love but its super bulky and i don't want to take it to lectures, all i want is a cheap laptop that i can use purely for taking notes in uni lectures when i start uni next month so i can my main laptop for when i'm at home. Therefore i don't need it to have any camera or lots of space or a big processor as i will only want to use it for taking to classes and taking notes in lectures like the main microsoft programs, excel, word, publisher. Main focus points:

- Must be lightweight
- Must have long battery life
- Ideally be able to use microsoft programs such as word, excel, publisher,
- Must be able to connect to Wi-Fi and internet
- ideally nice looking
- Cheap
- Not lenovo

Rachael 1 answer