is it worth it to jumpstart dead laptop batteries? I got 4 oem x230 batteries that are dead and won't charge when plugged in. Have you guys done it and would you recommend it?
>>107090232no, just buy a new battery
>>107090232It will blow. You can try taking them apart and replacing cells
>>107090326unless they have screws, which they don't they're ultrasonically welded, you'll just rip it apart
>>107090337I didn't take ThinkPad batteries apart but D series Dell ones I just was able to spread apart with razor blade
>>107090232I just bought a new laptop battery for $23 on Amazon. Just buy a new one.
>>107090483those batteries are low quality and have worse battery life then oem
>>107090232it can be just locked with at least 90% capacity left. just seach electronics repairs school on yt. it has tons of videos with batteries 100% but locked. 99% are just good batteries in a bad state.
>>107090566thanks
>>107090566Sup anon I'm totally not OP: I didnt know batteries got locked like wtf? I checked jewtube and there's a few tricks... thank my dude, this legit helped me.
>>107090232The only viable way to revive dead laptop batteries is to recell them, as in replace the dead cells inside with new ones. Older laptops usually utilize 18650s.I've attempted to recell a dead R40 battery (a 2001 laptop) with new 18650 cells. However the Battery Management System refused to charge the new batteries because it held in its memory data about the previous spent up cells and after trying several ways to reflash/modify the BMS I ended up bricking it, so I bit the bullet and bought an aftermarket (which apparently do the same thing anyway, they scavenge BMSes from dead laptop batteries, recell them and reprogram the BMS properly with relatively expensive specialized tools).As long as you don't something extremely retarded like shorting the two ends of a long chain of batteries it should be fine.>>107090337I don't know about new ones, but old laptop batteries can be easily pried open with a razor blade.
>>107090248>>107090483Lazy consumer ewaste producing niggersYou are destroying the planet