[mdlug] OT: Replacement battery for Dell Laptop

[R. Kannan]

Another thing I read was that the battery cells themselves are fine but the electronic circuit ('computer') in the pack somehow detects some issues with the cells and need to be disconnected (to power off and reboot) to erase the memory. Apparently, one of the ways this is achieved is by 'freezing'.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan DeSloover <zifferent at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Apr 16, 2008 1:50 PM
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>Subject: Re: [mdlug] OT: Replacement battery for Dell Laptop
>
>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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