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Would you buy a new battery for a very old laptop?

I just got a pretty good deal on an old ThinkPad (think 10 years old now) to use as a beater for screwing with ArchLinux and hopefully to find a real use for. It’s in great shape like it was never really used, but big shock, the battery is at 50% effective capacity and what’s there disappears in less than an hour....

cmdrkata ,

just open the battery you have and replace the bad cells

cmdrkata ,

Do you work on laptop batteries often?

cmdrkata ,

You do? So what’s a laptop battery then?

cmdrkata ,

Now you’re projecting.

I’m betting you haven’t opened a battery pack in your entire life. Why not go watch a couple of videos on laptop battery packs, what’s in them, and how to fix em? Maybe you’ll learn something instead of foulmouthing and fudding.

Me? I work with 18650s every day, protected and unprotected cells; I charge em, I fix em, and I know it’s pretty hard to puncture em; that being said, if op is anything like you he’s probably much better off leaving it to a qualified repairman or just buying new.

But thanks for the heads-up, I’ll add a safety warning to my advice; that better? 🙂️

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