Methods of How to Revive a Dead Laptop Battery for beginners

Breathe some life back into a dead laptop, from useless to a usable condition, although not quite like-new. It could rival a standard replacement laptop battery and be alot cheap than universal external laptop battery. Using your freezer, the same place you put your frozen peas and TV dinners you could restore a dead laptop battery.

Basically follow the instructions below and save yourself some money. It will just cost you the time it needs to finish the list below. So do yourself a favour and do it yourself.

1. Place a dead laptop battery in a entirely sealed plastic bag.
2. Place the bag and battery in your freezer for between 11-14 hours.
3. Take the bag out of your freezer and allow the battery return to room temperature after taking it out of the bag, this is very important.
4. If your laptop batteries are still damp dry it using a cloth or towel.
4. Place your once dead laptop batteries back into your laptop.
5. Now completely charge your battery then leave it on to discharge it completely. Repeat this step at least 3-4 times.
6. Your dead battery should be much more usable, if not totally restored.

Well if you don't want to put your laptop computer batteries into the freezer then thinkabout replacing the internal batteries at a fraction of the price of the alternatives methods. So don't disgard your laptop battery to the recycle bin just yet. Applying this method might see you saving yourself anywhere between 30-90% of the price of your replacement laptop battery. This inexpensive alternative process is to replace the batteries inside the battery pack with a new set. You first need to remove the battery unit from your laptop. You'll then need to open the battery unit carefully; a screwdriver should be adequate. Inside you'll be faced with several batteries and a range of wires. A word of warning, if any of the batteries are leaking proceed with caution. Whenever your are not sure then don't continue. Now you'll need to make a note of the type of laptop battery you posses and exactly how it's wired together. Just to be certain you could test your old batteries with a millimetre or similar device to see just what condition they're in. If you touch any of these leaking batteries then dispose of them appropriately and then make certain you wash your hands thoroughly and you are back in business. After verifying that they're are dead laptop batteries you'll need to order some replacement batteries. To do this correctly ensure the replacement have a slightly higher milliamp value than the old ones. When you get your replacement laptop batteries put the new batteries in the right locations and replace the wiring so you will be able to do the necessary soldering. Make a point to use the right safety equipment and double check all connections are accurate. Once your laptop batteries are in place and everything confirmed you had better test them with your millimetre to confirm they're functioning as expected.

Reassemble the laptop battery unit and make sure it is sealed properly. Re-install the laptop battery into your laptop and being delighting in your laptop's new lease of life.

You might consider the limited list below that could also benefit from any of the methods above.

Netbook
Notebook
Palmtop
Camcorder Digital Camera
Mobile Phone
PDA
Power Tools
Media Player Apple iPod
Two-Way Radio
MiniDisc
Player Game Player.

These methods are great for laptop computer batteries and alike that are completely or almost dead and your save them from the recycling bin.