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*To correctly build a battery pack, you'd have to clear the EEPROM through the SMBUS interface using a software.<ref>http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/diy-laptop-battery-rebuild.213793/</ref>
 
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*http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-prior-T-series-ThinkPad/Battery-gauge-reset-destroyed-my-battery/td-p/72628
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*http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/toughbook-batteries-replacements-usage-calibration-feedback-and-experiences.528542/
  
 
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Revision as of 08:24, 6 February 2015

I have a few laptops that need new batteries. The fact that OEM is expensive and most of the time you cannot find any good after market I would like to rebuild them. I would also like to rebuild them because battery technology is better now and I think I can get better batteries.

Jump Starting Dead Batteries

One of the problems that I have read about is if the battery side of the battery circuit loses power then the circuit blocks/locks. Recommendations so far seem to be:

Jump start the circuit with voltage[1] Independently charge the battery side[2]

I have also read somewhere that you can never get the circuit to start again so during the repair process keep it powered.

It has been called a control circuit,

Recalibration

Rebuilding Tips

References

  1. http://hackaday.com/2011/08/01/who-knew-thinkpad-batteries-require-a-jump-start/
  2. http://hackaday.com/2011/08/01/who-knew-thinkpad-batteries-require-a-jump-start/
  3. http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/diy-laptop-battery-rebuild.213793/