Davis Goertzen
New Member
Hey all,
I've got an HP Compaq 6830s laptop (17" screen) that will be two years old to me in about a month or so, and the battery's gotten so bad that I can't even get 10 minutes battery time. (It's a Lithium-Ion battery, if that make any difference). That just plain nullifies the whole purpose of having a laptop in the first place, and before I blow a bunch of cash on a new battery I'd like to know if I can "fix" this one. I've mainly had it on my desk, although I've taken it places of course. I have heard that heat is really bad for Li-Ion batteries, and my laptop fan runs pretty much steady, but I don't really know what I can do about that. Any ideas anyone? Thanks.
Davis
I've got an HP Compaq 6830s laptop (17" screen) that will be two years old to me in about a month or so, and the battery's gotten so bad that I can't even get 10 minutes battery time. (It's a Lithium-Ion battery, if that make any difference). That just plain nullifies the whole purpose of having a laptop in the first place, and before I blow a bunch of cash on a new battery I'd like to know if I can "fix" this one. I've mainly had it on my desk, although I've taken it places of course. I have heard that heat is really bad for Li-Ion batteries, and my laptop fan runs pretty much steady, but I don't really know what I can do about that. Any ideas anyone? Thanks.
Davis