You know your laptop that was supercool 2 years ago now gets 15 minutes of battery life. It sucks and we all share the same problem eventually. Laptop batteries (and many others) will start to lose their total charging capacity after awhile. It's slow so we usually don't notice it until years later. But when it happens, you can't help but go insane. Laptop batteries usually cost a fortune (my 12-inch powerbook battery is like $130). This is why you should take the road less traveled and rebuild your laptop battery.So what do you have to do? Well it's not too complicated, you just have to basically replace the individual cells inside of the battery casing. Ever have an R/C car and you had to buy those $20 battery packs at Radio Shack for them? Well if you take a close look, it's usually just 6 batteries saran-wrapped together with a proprietary plug. Same goes for these laptop batteries.Now before we go any further, let me issue a warning. Although most of us think we are invincible, we are not. This is something that could lead to harm if you don't follow everything directly. If you are new to hacking apart electronics and what not, don't proceed. Have a specialist help you.Allright so let's get started. Take your fork out of the electrical socket for a moment and check it. Remove your battery from your laptop. Try to get it drained all the way if you can. Look at the label on your battery. Somewhere near the warning where it says "Don't do this, don't do that, blah blah blah" you should see a model number for the battery pack. Probably something along the lines of Lithium Ion Battery Pack No. Pry off the cover of your battery pack like so.
How to Rebuild Your Laptop Battery
You know your laptop that was supercool 2 years ago now gets 15 minutes of battery life. It sucks and we all share the same problem eventually. Laptop batteries (and many others) will start to lose their total charging capacity after awhile. It's slow so we usually don't notice it until years later. But when it happens, you can't help but go insane. Laptop batteries usually cost a fortune (my 12-inch powerbook battery is like $130). This is why you should take the road less traveled and rebuild your laptop battery.So what do you have to do? Well it's not too complicated, you just have to basically replace the individual cells inside of the battery casing. Ever have an R/C car and you had to buy those $20 battery packs at Radio Shack for them? Well if you take a close look, it's usually just 6 batteries saran-wrapped together with a proprietary plug. Same goes for these laptop batteries.Now before we go any further, let me issue a warning. Although most of us think we are invincible, we are not. This is something that could lead to harm if you don't follow everything directly. If you are new to hacking apart electronics and what not, don't proceed. Have a specialist help you.Allright so let's get started. Take your fork out of the electrical socket for a moment and check it. Remove your battery from your laptop. Try to get it drained all the way if you can. Look at the label on your battery. Somewhere near the warning where it says "Don't do this, don't do that, blah blah blah" you should see a model number for the battery pack. Probably something along the lines of Lithium Ion Battery Pack No. Pry off the cover of your battery pack like so.