Do laptop Batteries die/stop working?

CarlC

CarlC

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Hey all
I got my first ever laptop yesturday and it`s well over 10 years old lol, it`s the compaq contura 430c, and well it won`t run form the battery, only from the mains power supply and i need it to run from the battery.
Now my question is could this be due to the battery being dead, or could it be something else, and would i be able to run the laptop from the battery if i get a new one?

Cheers

Carl
 
If its 10 years old its pretty much a guarentee the battery is dead... Rechargable batteries all die over time and unfortuinatley yours is probably up there.
 
That`s what i thought, so would a new one work? like would i be able to run off that instead of having to keep using the mains like a pc?

thanks for the reply BTW;)
 
A 10 year old laptop??? It must weigh like 20 kilos!

Yes, battery is dead. Battery on my laptop was dead after first year. I was always running it from battery because I used the laptop for university.

Finding a replacement for your laptop will prob. be difficult to impossible. You might have better luck getting the battery recelled.
 
That`s an american site, i`m in england/uk and i`ve ssen one (after like an hour of searching) for £40 that`s why i need to know it would run from it.As i can`t afford to waste the money.oh btw it`s running windows 95 and has now ethernet,modem or usb ports lol.
 
Just for word excel etc, i can`t afford a modern one, cause i`m not working and i`m a student and so get £30 a week, but it has to go on my contract phone which i stupidly signed up to.
 
Hey i have the same problem. My laptop is about 7 years old when the battery died. Be careful that u will be able to return the new battery if it doesn't work. I bought a new one from tiger direct, didnt work. Then i bought one from dell for 200 bucks more, still didnt work.
 
Rawlaw said:
Hey i have the same problem. My laptop is about 7 years old when the battery died. Be careful that u will be able to return the new battery if it doesn't work. I bought a new one from tiger direct, didnt work. Then i bought one from dell for 200 bucks more, still didnt work.
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Something 10 years old it prolly isnt even worth to invest in a new battery imo.
 
Search E-bay for your battery. You might be WAY ahead by simply picking up a decent laptop..An IBM T23 can be had for less than $200
 
CarlC said:
Hey all
I got my first ever laptop yesturday and it`s well over 10 years old lol, it`s the compaq contura 430c, and well it won`t run form the battery, only from the mains power supply and i need it to run from the battery.
Now my question is could this be due to the battery being dead, or could it be something else, and would i be able to run the laptop from the battery if i get a new one?

Cheers

Carl
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Of course its a battery issue, and it should work fine if youll get a new battery, but the PC is 10 years old so it might be a trouble
 
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