Laptop battery not working - can I do anything?

trinidadone

hello all, I have a laptop which I purchased in May 2007 from Curry's. Last week i plugged my laptop into the mains and discovered the battery is not charging up. Is it unreasonable for me to expect a battery should last longer than 2 years and four months, or shall I just buy a new battery?????

Have I got any rights???????? please let me know

Esqui

Batteries have a fairly short life, which is why the manufacturers only guarantee them for 6 months.

2 years 4 months is not a bad life. Maybe it could have lasted longer, but you'd be unlikely to get anywhere trying to get a replacement.

trinidadone

OK, thanks for your response, any idea where to purchase a new battery, and prices???? its driving me nuts having a to be situated in one place when using the laptop

Esqui wrote: »

Batteries have a fairly short life, which is why the manufacturers only guarantee them for 6 months.

2 years 4 months is not a bad life. Maybe it could have lasted longer, but you'd be unlikely to get anywhere trying to get a replacement.

Esqui

I will probably cede to someone else on this one! There are a lot of laptop battery shops online, but having never ordered one, I'm in no position to say who's good or not.

stebiz

trinidadone wrote: »

OK, thanks for your response, any idea where to purchase a new battery, and prices???? its driving me nuts having a to be situated in one place when using the laptop

Does it work when plugged in? Does the mains light come on? The reason I ask is that one of my laptops stopped working. I had to keep charging the battery on one of the others. It was only 15 months old. Motherboard had gone!!

trinidadone

ok, Thanks anyway Esqui

Esqui wrote: »

I will probably cede to someone else on this one! There are a lot of laptop battery shops online, but having never ordered one, I'm in no position to say who's good or not.

trinidadone

hey Stebiz,

yes it does work when plugged in, but only when plugged in.

yes, allthe lights come on, no problems with those, until i unplug from mains, than the laptop switches off.

Hope its not the motherboard, seems like a battery problem

stebiz wrote: »

Does it work when plugged in? Does the mains light come on? The reason I ask is that one of my laptops stopped working. I had to keep charging the battery on one of the others. It was only 15 months old. Motherboard had gone!!

stebiz

Yes agree with you. Different situation to mine. Good Luck!!

PNPSUKNET

I know of a company that gets laptop parts that I have used before myself, but cant post here for advertising rules.

KeithP

PNPSUKNET wrote: »

I know of a company that gets laptop parts that I have used before myself, but cant post here for advertising rules.

Can I please nominate this post for the award of...

Most Useful Post Of The Week?

djb215

I previously used www.laptopbatteryshop.co.uk to replace the battery on my then Acer TravelMate 2414, after about 12 months the original battery would only hold 10% of the original charge but I got a new one from here for about £40 and it had double the capacity of the original battery, the battery life with the new one was amazing!