Hmmm...
Lets see you put fresh batteries in it and it works for several days before it stops, putting fresh batteries in it again makes it start working for several days before you have to do it again...
It is most likely caused by the angle at which you are sitting relative to the hard drive on the computer. The magnets in the hard drive are obviously draining the energy stored in the battery at an accelerated rate. What
you should do is buy one of the new magnetically shielded batteries available at all the local defense contractors. Or, change the angle between the battery compartment and the front facing of the hard drive to be some prime number of degrees that is less than the product of the size of the hard drive and the number of actual bytes stored on it.
That should take care of the problem for you.
hope it helps
[ June 19, 2002: Message edited by: Dave Vick ]