[mdlug] OT: Replacement battery for Dell Laptop

[Dan DeSloover]

Oddly enough, I've heard that freezing batteries (in the freezer) and then
warming them to room temperature (in a room) before using them sometimes
works. Might be worth a try on a dead battery pack.

Morris, Tim wrote:
> Not that I'm recommending this to anyone, as you would need to be pretty
> good with a soldering iron to prevent damaging the cells... but if you are
> good, you could buy the replacement cells for your pack, exacto-knife it
> open, replace the cells and super glue it closed. I did this with an IBM
> A31p battery and it works quite well now, but I paid about $32 for the
> cells, and a new battery was $50. If you're not doing it just for kicks
> like I was, then it might not be worth it. I have heard rumor that some
> "smart" batteries need to have power applied to them at all times, or the
> EEPROM will reset. Also, some "smarter" batteries may actually need a tool
> to "reset" the battery stats in the EEPROM before it will hold a charge
> again.
>
> And that's my useless 2 cents :)
>
> Mike, we should do some pool sometime eh?
>
>
> --  Tim Morris - UGS PLM Software
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf
> Of Garry Stahl
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 6:15 PM
> To: R. Kannan; MDLUG's Main discussion list
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] OT: Replacement battery for Dell Laptop
>
> R. Kannan wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> The battery in my Dell Latitude D820 seems to have died after 20 months.
>> The replacement battery at Dell site costs $199 and from the customer
>> reviews published on the site, it looks like a good door stop. There are
>> batteries from other vendors on Amazon etc. Does anyone have any good
>> experience with these batteries?
>>
>> TIA for any info.
>>
>
> Atbatt.com  Generally cheaper than vendor sites.
>
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Dan DeSloover