I'd be more than happy to donate to your cause if you'd wish.

If you want to donate something it'd be appreciated but this isn't really what it'd end up going towards. I still need to go back to the hospital and get my arm looked at again so it'd probably be that. :T

I love how you don't lie about that, many people would just be like "Really? Great, thanks, go ahead! :D"

Good luck getting your new one. My battery was fried too, and couldn't hold a charge. My dad was nice enough to replace it for me since I couldn't afford it. ;_; I hope you get a new one, and your arm feels better, soon.

Alright, I hope everything turns out okay for you.

Thats the trick with laptop batteries ya gotta run them dry.
if you recharge while they still have juice in them you can burn them out and mess up how much they can hold.

At least that is what I am told.

Nah, shallow charge/discharge cycles are actually better for lithium-ion cells, which is what every remotely modern laptop uses. That "memory effect" only applied to old Nickel-Cadmium and Nickel-Metal Hydride cells, which is a battery chemistry you're far more likely to find in rechargeable standard-sized (AAA/AA/etc.) cells. Reason being, NiCd/NiMH chemistry is not very temperamental when you go to charge it compared to Li-ion, which in comparison needs its own built-in control circuits to regulate current and voltage inflow and outflow.

And actually, the real killer of Li-ion cells is heat, which is often caused by harsh (rapid) discharge conditions, and equally harsh charging conditions. I forget the precise science behind it, but water vapor which is left behind as a natural and unavoidable byproduct during manufacturing does... something or another to reduce the battery's ability to hold a charge by altering the ionic compound that's supposed to react with the lithium.

There's a new chemistry being developed called Li-imide, basically supposed to prevent that from happening with a "proprietary" ionic compound being used to fuel the reaction. But supposedly it won't get altered by water vapor at high temps, so we'll see. It's also supposedly got a much higher energy density, at the cost of a longer charge-up time.

I knew it! I had to start taking my laptop outside in the heat to be able to use it (wifi), daily, and it only took a few months for the battery to be fried and need replacement. I also noticed when I opened it up in the morning, the surface of the screen and keys would be damp with some kind of weird condensation. I replaced the battery and stopped taking it outside, and I haven't had the weird condensation thing happen since.

http://www.amazon.com/4400mAh-Repla.....5+battery+1564 ?

Also, if the battery is already shot, keeping it plugged in shouldn't break anything. It'll just always draw off the outlet. You should be able to run the laptop just fine with the battery completely removed and the power plugged in as long as you like. You'll just be hosed if the power to the wall goes out.

And, what the hell, Dell? That's very nearly an order of magnitude markup on a freaking laptop battery. What the hell is this nonsense?

It was 5 years ago, I was dumb. Getting an Asus desktop and an HP laptop this time.

Asus is good, but HP laptops are amongst the worst rated. Definitely stick with Asus across the board if you can.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,281.....2400793,00.asp
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020.....liability.html

I'm not looking for a monster of a laptop, just something portable and affordable to work on while I'm away from home. So I'll see about different brands for laptops but the HP that I'd looked at fit my needs and was affordable.

Also not interested in Apple. Can't run SAI properly.

The Dell one is a 90Whr battery, the cheap third party one is a 44 Whr battery. less than half the battery life.

Also, given the massive number of battery quality issues i've seen of late, i'd NEVER EVER touch a third party battery.

Counterpoint: trusting Dell.

Dell is just shit all around. I made the mistake of buying a dell laptop once. When all was said and done, I ended up paying $800 for their $500 laptop in hidden fees and crap. And I didn't even finish paying it off. In less then a year when the battery was dead and I had to keep it plugged in, I called and said "your laptop is shit, fix it" they kept given me the run around and tried to sell me an upgrade for even more money. So I said screw it, I'm not paying them anymore. if you want your laptop back, come get it.

http://www.battdepot.com/model/dell.....lde244-ap.aspx


check it homes. 40 bucks :D

I've got a similar situation with my laptop currently I just never unplug it.

Most times like this its a battery fault more than anything else. Try powering on the laptop with no battery and the charger plugged in. In a likely case, should your battery stop taking a charge you may just be tethered to walls for a while till August. If the chrger ends up being dead you can usually find replacements for not much money online to ride you over till your new machine.

Pull out the battery & keep it plugged in. Most, if not all, laptops can run without a battery as long as they are connected to a power source.

All rechargeable batteries will eventually die like this. Depends on how many charge cycles they go through.
Best thing you can do short of getting a new battery (or a new computer) is calibrate it.

1. Leave battery plugged in to 100% charge, and keep it plugged in for 2 more hours.
2. Unplug and let the battery drain to 0% so the computer automatically shuts itself off. Leave it in a drained state overnight. (best to do this right before bed)
3. Repeat step 1.