Are we going to tell him to crack open the pack and replace the individual cells that go bad, it’s safe with decent soldering, and an average volt/ohm meter to verify
Comment on Should I replace my laptop battery, and are third-party batteries safe?
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
The most important question about if you should replace the battery doesn’t concern the battery stats, it concerns the physical health of the battery:
Has it started swelling?
If it has, then yes, it is important to replace the battery, if it hasn’t, now you can consider the stats.
I am a professional IT technician, and this is professional advice.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Are we going to tell him to crack open the pack and replace the individual cells that go bad, it’s usually safe with decent soldering, and an average volt/ohm meter to verify.
No.
solrize@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Laptops nowadays almost always use pouch cells.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Honestly that just sounds worse. Why not use universal individually replaceable components unless you are trying to make a have to buy from us unique product
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
- Customers demand thinner laptops, standard cells won’t fit.
- on HP and Dell’s professional laptops you can fairly easily replace the battery, they even publish service manuals with pictures showing how to do it.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Precisely. Sadly, that’s not a decision made by anyone that would frequent this comment section.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Fortunately, the battery is not puffy and swollen up. No protruding bumps can be seen.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 16 hours ago
Does it still hold a charge? If so, keep using it. If not, get a third party battery that has good reviews on multiple known good vendors (like microcenter, ifixit, or even CDW). Check pricing on OEM batteries too, sometimes they're really not that much more expensive.