Laptop batterys

[snowjoker]

Anyone ever have problems with the batteries on their laptops ? I bought a Dell Lattitude CPX off ebay and then bought a battery off ebay for it and the thing only lasted a couple months and i barely use the computer :mad: Any thoughts ? I have used it off line power more than battery power and do leave it plugged in.

[festerw]

I have used it off line power more than battery power and do leave it plugged in.

That's the problem, you need to let them run down probably once a week. It's not so much a problem with the newer Lithium Ion batteries but is really prevalent in the older NiCad batteries.

[snowjoker]

it was a lithium ion battery

[festerw]

That's surprising, any idea whether the battery was used or new when you bought it?

[snowjoker]

it was claimed to be new and looked it but perhaps it was new old stock :( new battery is like 70 bucks grrrrrrr

[niteman9]

Do not leave the laptop pluged in all the time. And yes run it off the battery at least once a week.

[EZSnow]

dell recently had a recall on a bunch of their batteries. Ours is about 18 months old, and was getting really bad- down to less than 40min on a ful charge. Then we got a letter in the mail, called the number, and they sent us a new battery. Apparantly the batteries were causing fires.

I'd check the serial number on thier website to see if yours qualifies.