Our other laptop....

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:50 am

......had become sluggish when recharging, and was flagging up 7/8% charge. Anyway last night it just pinged off and is now totally flat it would seem (no lights at all), is the only remedy now a new battery?, and if so how much do they cost anyone? or is there owt' else I can try?

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22687

Does it still work ok on mains?

You should get a replacement batter on ebay for about £20/£25

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:18 pm

No it's not recharging, think it may be the battery or leads goosed......thanks.

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3117

The power supply unit on my Dell laptop played up and the charge was intermittent. This was because the connection from the mains lead into the PSU was dodgy. Although the unit is moulded I split it and remade the connections. New PSU's are available - don't know how much. Good luck.

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:49 pm

Hawklord wrote:

The power supply unit on my Dell laptop played up and the charge was intermittent. This was because the connection from the mains lead into the PSU was dodgy. Although the unit is moulded I split it and remade the connections. New PSU's are available - don't know how much. Good luck.

Thanks for that Mr. Hawkster..

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