[ale] laptop diagnostics

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 1/20/2011 11:28 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Hmm. I've seen laptops (forget brands) that wouldn't run at all off
> power brick if the battery was totally dead and nonchargeable. Symptoms
> are similar to those described here. Try putting battery in the fridge
> for a few hours then letting it sit in the laptop with the power cable
> attached but system off for a hour to maybe get a trickle of a charge.
> If it then boot, get a new battery. For a while, Batteries Plus would
> rebuild battery packs if you would remove the plastic case.
>
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I've had similar experiences with bad batteries.  Many wouldn't power 
up/boot even if you took the offending battery out.  Mostly HPs/Dells.