[Novalug] Laptop Battery

Clif Flynt clif@cflynt.com
Tue Nov 10 23:31:40 EST 2009


On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:19:43PM -0500, Dan Arico wrote:
> Has anyone ever heard of a laptop battery going from operating perfectly to 
> stone cold dead overnight?
> ...
> The repair shop tells me the battery is dead and will not take a charge. Does 
> that sound right? Can a battery fail that abruptly?

  I Am Not An Expert. (on this topic)

  My understanding is that the batteries have smarts in them, and I
suppose the 'smarts' could become fried.

  My local BatteriesPlus store has a tester that reprograms the smarts
as part of testing a laptop battery.  This has sometimes fixed a battery
that was refusing to accept a charge.  They charge 10 bucks to test the
battery, but it's saved me $100 enough times that it's been worth it.

  I wouldn't expect big-box Nerd Herds or even a computer repair place
to have a battery tester like this.  Might be worth a trip to one of
the battery specialist stores.

  Good luck,
  Clif



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