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Author Topic: Batteries for old laptops John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 05-27-2002 09:49 AM                     I have these two old laptops (DEC HiNote VP) that are perfect for hauling around. Problem is, the batteries have long stopped holding a charge. Is there a place that could do something like chop open the battery case and change the cells inside? I know the batteries are not made anymore. They only seem to last a few years, so even if I found a new one in a box (on ebay or someplace) it wouldn't be any better.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-27-2002 09:53 AM                     Somewhere I remember seeing a laptop battery that was about the size of two mouse pads side by side. The idea was it sat underneath your laptop and had a converter to plug into the normal DC in (from the AC adaptor). It was very thin and boasted a very long burn time. Might want to do a Google search and see if you can find it.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-27-2002 11:22 AM                     I beleive that was the air cell and they are a one use only for long air flights  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-27-2002 11:30 AM                        Hmm, if you know the power requirements of the notebook, maybe you could kluge together some kind of outboard battery pack using current-technology batteries. Might not be worth the trouble though, hard to say... Also the notebook electronics might not work well with a different type of battery than it was originally designed for (like nicad vs. nimh -- charging and discharge characteristics of a different type of battery might be a problem). Aren't there portable rechargeable sources of low-wattage AC power? You could plug the notebook's AC adapter into that power source.  |  IP: Logged John Moriarty Film Handler Posts: 50 From: Cambridge, UK Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-27-2002 02:36 PM                     A good alternative solution is the Car power adapter for laptops. Just rig it up to a 12v battery (or use one of the specially built (for campers?) portbale battery thingies). John  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-27-2002 04:26 PM                        Please visit www.tigerdirect.com I believe they have the battery that sits underneath. Regardless, they have laptops for about three hundred bucks - the best prices out there. They are based in Miami, Florida. -Dennis ------------------ "Running through life at 24 frames per second"  |  IP: Logged

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