So after about a year and a half of non-stop abuse, my faithful laptop seems to be starting to show sings of giving up the ghost. Basically whats happened is the AC input has become faulty as fuck, and only recognizes the charger when I apply pressure at an angle. Would soldering it back on to the board fix it ? It's a toss up between me doing that or forking out like 90 bucks for a 12 cell battery with AC input. I can't seem to find any info on how to open the fucker either. It's a HP DV5T if it matters.
Cheers in advance.
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Unfortunately that also happens with laptops regarding the power connector issue. My sister had a similar issue where it wouldn't even charge unless it had direct pressure on the female connector to the male connector in the computer. There are so many reasons why I will never buy a laptop again, much less one that is over $500 if I do, this being just one.
You can also save yourself the $80-$200 that replacements cost when buying them from the manufacturer by DIY.
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4224
Most batteries for laptops are just NiMH batteries stacked inside a "block" giving the illusion that it is something "special" being sold to you. If you think it's just the charger going out on your and not the connector you can simply gobble up some cheap NiMH batteries to replace the existing ones and you can even upgrade their mAH rating if they are low to a higher one and get more performance!
One of those DIY projects I thought is most relevant that anyone can do and save themselves bookoo bucks for beer.
But yeah, taking something that looks like that through airport security would indeed create a stressful and unhappy situation.
Err my bad not "NiMH" but Li-ion batteries. As far as the smart circuits go I'm not too familiar with that part. Sounds like one of those typical bullshit moves by the manufacturers of laptops to prevent you from replacing your own cells yourself and instead charging you a 3-4x mark-up price. The original article was from LifeHacker, that was just a reference to do further research if he was curious as it is still possible based off memory, but there was more to it than simple replacing the batteries and changing them out. Soldering and other parts were needed to monitor the cells and make sure they are charged. I'll try looking for the exact article tomorrow given LH's search sucks when you want something specific that was posted.