When your Laptop Battery goes dead, there is no option left for a normal user except replacing them with a new one from a Authorized Service Center, but if the warranty of your Laptop is expired, then you can try out this job by yourself at home. Carefully remove the Battery from the Laptop and open it, making sure that you don’t break any connections and then proceed with the following tutorial.
Instead of buying a new 120$ Laptop Battery, here is a tip using which you can save upto 75% of the original cost, get a better backup battery and also do the whole job at Home. Most of these batteries are based on Lithium Ion Cells which can be easily purchased at a Electronics Hardware Store or Online Stores like ebay. Next you need to remove the soldering of the previous battery cells and replace them with the new one, making sure that you don’t cross connect any which can even explode. Make a note that you have checked the backup and confirmed that the cells are totally dead and also wear glasses before performing this job for your eyes safety.
Make a diagram of the connections for correct polarity and carefully solder the points. Then connect the Battery back to your Laptop and charge it for upto 18 hours and Power ON the laptop to get back to Business. That’s it the Battery Replacement Job is done easily at home, along with higher performance and cost saving. Thanks to KipKay for the video tutorial.
Thats very interesting, if one can do this on his own it could be a lot cheaper than buying a new one.I recently spent a lot on a new laptop battery. 🙁
me to spent lot of money…now i should replace dead laptop battery and save money
dear amith,
i tried this trick some years back and i found real problem in soldering. the cells available in the market are standard type and do not have projecting tags on both sides. i found it almost impossible to solder directly on the plus and minus terminals of generally stainless stel or nickel plated. can you help by indicating which soldering iron can be used for this purpose with make model and wattage. further please note that when we directly solder with very hot soldering irons, the battery can get extremely hot and loose most of its storage capacity and may even explode while soldering. it will therefore be useful if you suggest the names of the cellers of the laptop batteries with tags prewelded to the plus and minus terminals, which are easily solderable
Hi, as mentioned it was a tip through the video and not personally implemented by me. Hence cannot speak more and give wrong advice in this matter.
My father got one from Japan for Rs. 7000 approx. and this could have been cheaper. But i doubt if this method works on VAIO UX series.
Iam impressed by this article, but i dont think everyone can do this. May be people who have learnt hardware repairing courses can perform all this stuff at home. Though its really a good way to save money when Laptop Battery does not work and when you want to increase backup charge.
Hehe, its interesting, Where can we get that batteries ?, is the normal ” AA ” Rechargeable cells using in Torches ?.
It is quite harmful not just for the laptop but also for the people who are doing this. So safety is the first method here.