New battery for Panasonic Toughbook?

scottishlizzie

The battery on my lap-top is completely knackered. This lap-top is about 5-7 years old and works fine otherwise. Until recently the battery was fine too but after coming back from a short holiday it seems to have lost the will to go on. I had a quick look in PC world and a few other online suppliers but the cheapest price I could see was in the region of £270 just for a new battery. Surely not?! Does anyone have any better suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

albertross_2

You could try ebay, the problem is that the batteries don't last forever, especially older nimh ones. Some Panasonic came with a refresh utility, to completely discharge the battery, then charge it up. It may give it some life, but a new Dell may be a better idea (about the same price as your battery quote)

scottishlizzie

How would you do that then?

albertross_2

http://www.laptopstuff.co.uk/productsnew.php?category_id=97&gclid=COWLzZja6YQCFR2yQgodC1vXuA

http://www.countrymark.com/secure/energy/PSRdoc01.html

these are instructions for a slightly different model, not sure if it is available on the toughbook. There may be settings in the bios, do you still have the manuals?

http://www.dmxcomputers.co.uk/ £298 for a new laptop

Harpoon_2

Might be a worth look here as well:

http://www.computerbatteries.co.uk/gb3/m/panasonic/index.html

I found a replacement battery for a friends Packard Bell for around £100.

Albertross makes a good point though. You could shell out £100+ on a new battery and the whole thing die a month later. I'd very tempted to save the money towards one of the bargain Dell laptops.

scottishlizzie

No, I don't have any of the manuals. Will take a look at the sites above though so thanks. Don't want to replace it really as it works fine on a wired basis. It's just a bit annoying that the battery died shortly after we went wireless!