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Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

How hosed up is that?! I've had some batteries in bad shape before, but this is a record.

I'm not even going to buy a new battery because my laptop is 2 1/2 years old and it was cheap so it can't have much life left.

Have any of you had a battery that was shittier than mine?!

Other laptop battery tales? Please share!

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canpakes
Jul 26, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

OctoberBlues posted:

How hosed up is that?! I've had some batteries in bad shape before, but this is a record.

I'm not even going to buy a new battery because my laptop is 2 1/2 years old and it was cheap so it can't have much life left.

Have any of you had a battery that was shittier than mine?!

Other laptop battery tales? Please share!

Nice job buying a non-apple laptop op. Sounds like you got the expected result. Better luck next time!

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
my laptop makes me look like an idiot but i got a 40 percent discount

this message was posted from my dell

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
Stop watching 4K porn, op

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

put gas on it

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Stop watching 4K porn, op

forkey? fucken milenials and theyre jargeon. yoyoyoyoyo *slips thru 2x4 on porch*

Cephalectomy
Jun 8, 2007
the more you leave them plugged into an outlet the faster the batteries turn to poo poo

Young Freud
Nov 26, 2006

OctoberBlues posted:

How hosed up is that?! I've had some batteries in bad shape before, but this is a record.

I'm not even going to buy a new battery because my laptop is 2 1/2 years old and it was cheap so it can't have much life left.

Have any of you had a battery that was shittier than mine?!

Other laptop battery tales? Please share!

Just go buy a refurb battery. They're like $20 bucks depending on the model.

My laptop of 5 years now just geeked the 12-cell that came with it. I get like 0% charge from it now, so I know how much that poo poo is costing.

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Cephalectomy posted:

the more you leave them plugged into an outlet the faster the batteries turn to poo poo

whats ur favorite planet? uranus is not a real option im afraid, bc of jokesters

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Stop watching 4K porn, op

For a second I thought that 4D and I was like :captainpop:

Pastry Mistakes
Apr 6, 2009

That's what you get for owning a Dell.

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



canpakes posted:

Nice job buying a non-apple laptop op. Sounds like you got the expected result. Better luck next time!

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Apeshit Sixfingers posted:

That's what you get for owning a Dell.

Actually I own a Toshiba. :grin:

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
whats everyones favorite planet.

my favorite planet is neptune, a faroff jewel

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



Cephalectomy posted:

the more you leave them plugged into an outlet the faster the batteries turn to poo poo

this was true in 2006...

still is true for non apple notebooks

White Noise Marine
Apr 14, 2010

My battery is in surprisingly good shape, 6-8 hours of media usage, it's always plugged in for the 880m to work.

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Orkin Mang posted:

whats everyones favorite planet.

my favorite planet is neptune, a faroff jewel

This is scary mang, Neptune is also my favorite planet. I had to do a report on it in 5th grade and it has held a special place in my heart ever since.

Pastry Mistakes
Apr 6, 2009

OctoberBlues posted:

Actually I own a Toshiba. :grin:

Hahaha, wow.

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
Neptune sucks and anyone who likes it is gay

bag em and tag em
Nov 4, 2008
One time I was going through airport security and the lady was like "sir, you need to remove your laptop from the bag," and I said "no it's a notebook," and she rolled her eyes and said "whatever kind of computer it is, it needs its own bin," and then I tried to speak really slowly so she understood that I meant it was a literal notebook full of paper and not a computer of any kind. Luckily, she didn't pull the authority double down and punish me for being objectively correct by making me get questioned and probed and stuff.

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Neptune sucks and anyone who likes it is gay

Hector you have been really rude lately and I don't much like it.

Prokhor Zakharov
Dec 31, 2008

This is me as I make another great post


Good luck with your depression!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

OctoberBlues posted:

Hector you have been really rude lately and I don't much like it.

I can't feel happy unless i make others feel unhappy

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
My thinkpad battery doesn't work anymore but it's real bulky and heavy, good for bludgeoning home invaders

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

OctoberBlues posted:

This is scary mang, Neptune is also my favorite planet. I had to do a report on it in 5th grade and it has held a special place in my heart ever since.

a distant engine of aqua

Rags to Liches
Mar 11, 2008

future skeleton soldier


OctoberBlues posted:

This is scary mang, Neptune is also my favorite planet. I had to do a report on it in 5th grade and it has held a special place in my heart ever since.

I did mine on Saturn and it solidified my dream of being an astronaut. Sadly, dyscalculia squashed that dream.

BirryJoru
Mar 21, 2012

GRAMAGEDDON ISN'T OVER YET. SORRY.-RA TEHUTI :smuggo::smug::smugdon::grin::parrot:

OctoberBlues posted:

This is scary mang, Neptune is also my favorite planet. I had to do a report on it in 5th grade and it has held a special place in my heart ever since.

me too! this getting freaky

I've got a six year old giant Asus with a battery that will stay charged just long enough for me to scramble to get it plugged in

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Aubergine Mage posted:

I did mine on Saturn and it solidified my dream of being an astronaut. Sadly, dyscalculia squashed that dream.

retard

SIDS Vicious
Jan 1, 1970


sounds like your laptop battery really sucks op

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Celluloid Sam posted:

sounds like your laptop battery really sucks op

Yeah, sam, you could say that it does.

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord

Celluloid Sam posted:

sounds like your laptop battery really sucks op

heh its got more than a few thigns in common with op's posting

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Iron Prince posted:

heh its got more than a few thigns in common with op's posting

Yikes!

a dog from hell
Oct 18, 2009

by zen death robot
Your fault for choosing Windows. Obviously it was an impractical decision.

Rags to Liches
Mar 11, 2008

future skeleton soldier



wow rude

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

look to the shtars bowen

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



Just go on Newegg and find a reasonably-priced replacement battery. Did that for my girlfriend's Acer and it's been running like a champ. Cost me like $20 or so.

MiracleFlare
Mar 27, 2012
I had a battery that, at its worst, would go from 100 to 0 in less than ten minutes, sometimes even five. The charger plug would easily fall out, too, so by the time I realized it was out the laptop would already be shutting itself down. Eventually it stopped working entirely and I had some money left over to buy a replacement battery.

Three months later the laptop itself began literally falling to pieces, the lid hinge broke, and the hard drive was being consumed by bad sectors; so that battery was $30 well spent

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen
I had an HP with the same problem a couple years ago, battery would go from 100% to 0 in about 15 minutes

bought a replacement battery and then it took about 10 minutes to go from 100 to 0

dont buy HP products is what I'm saying

Mariana Horchata
Jun 30, 2008

College Slice
my laptops power button broke a few weeks ago so now if it happens to power down i have to take a screwdriver put it up against the power button and hit the back of it to bump start it

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Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH

Mariana Horchata posted:

my laptops power button broke a few weeks ago so now if it happens to power down i have to take a screwdriver put it up against the power button and hit the back of it to bump start it

the struggle is real

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