October 20th, 2002, 05:37 AM
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|  Has anyone rebuilt their laptop battery pack?
I just took apart my older laptop's battery pack, looked up the cell types, and ordered replacement cells. If I can get this to work, it'll have only costed me $33.00 + 6.50 s/h. I wasn't about to pay $150.00 - 200.00 for a replacement unit if I could do it myself.
Has anyone else done this? I'm curious to hear what you have to say about doing this. There seems to be NO information on the internet about doing so. Only services that will do this for you.
Thanks,
AnakiMana
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October 21st, 2002, 08:04 AM
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Hey, that sounds like an awesome DIY project, especially if you have an older laptop, or bought an used one... Can you give a more detailed explanation on how you were able to do this? I'll keep an eye on this thread to see what you come up with...  Good luck!
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October 21st, 2002, 02:35 PM
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Let us know how it goes, please.
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October 21st, 2002, 02:49 PM
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I've got a dead battery on my laptop now. I'm interested in hearing how this turns out... | |
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October 21st, 2002, 02:50 PM
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The most I have done with mine is added ram and changed Harddrives. The hard drive changing is not as easy as it sounds. I have a sony vaio and I had to take off the cover with the power button to remove the keyboard to then remove the hard drive chasis. Not a very good design for maintainance.
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October 21st, 2002, 03:24 PM
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I'm guessing you posted on the wrong thread............. | |
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October 21st, 2002, 03:40 PM
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Not really, It had to do with laptops and rebuilding  | |
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October 21st, 2002, 04:42 PM
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rebuilding battery packs :P | |
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October 21st, 2002, 05:01 PM
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jeez e980238. The HD in my dell takes one screw and it pops right out  lol
Would be quite interesting anaki let us know | 
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October 21st, 2002, 05:46 PM
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Well, I found a great site for ordering replacement cells. They have a chart that shows battery sizes and types - that'll help you identify what type you need. The pack that I'm going to rebuild has some do-dads that read the voltage and temperature, and can be programmed. Here's a pic that links to a site with more info: 
batterystation.com is arranging them in this pattern with tabs connecting them together - for an additional $5.00. All I gotta do is connect a couple wires and charge the thing up! I'm crossing my fingers, though... never done anything like this before. I'll let y'all know what happens. It'll probably be a couple weeks.
Last edited by AnakiMana : July 26th, 2003 at 03:46 AM.
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