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Repairing of Laptop and Notebook Batteries
Do you need to solve a problem with your laptop or notebook battery? Do you
want to build a battery yourself? Here are links to do-it-yourself instructions.
If you have written a free guide yourself (or if you
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Main Battery
N.N. | Troubleshooting flowchart for laptop and notebook battery problems. The battery won't charge or your notebook encounters a short power life? Start your investigation with this flowchart. |
Apple MacBook Air | Battery replacement is easy. |
Apple PowerBook G3 Pismo | Battery take apart photo gallery. |
ASUS M6N | Fix for bad battery contacts problem. |
Canon Innova Book 360CD | Ni-MH Battery cell replacement and CMOS battery customization. |
COMPAQ Armada 100S (aka Mitac 5133S)![archived link, opens in new window [archived link]](http://tuxmobil.org/pics/archived.png) | RAM upgrade, hard disk upgrade and AMD K6-2+ CPU overclocking as well as underclocking instructions (with jumper settings and voltage table). Battery replacement (in German). |
COMPAQ Contura 4/25cx | Pictures from inside the laptop. Voltages on the power supply interface and battery pinout. Circuit diagram of the 4 MB memory module. Circuit diagram of the 16 MB memory module. Motherboard outline with chip product numbers. |
COMPAQ LTE 5100 | Build your own battery. |
Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook S-Series | How to rebuild a Li-Ion battery pack. |
Fujitsu-Siemens LiteLine 6133 SX (aka Mitac MiNote 6133 SX, IPC Topnote 6133, HPC NOTE 6133, NetBook 6133, Notestar NP 6133) | Complete disassembly, upgrade tips for CPU and battery repair (in German). |
GateWay 2000 HandBook | Extending the EDO-RAM to 16MB, replacing the hard drive with a 1GB CF card connected to a CF-mini-IDE adapter, changing the CMOS battery, extending the battery capacity six times and building an on/off switch for the internal speaker. |
GateWay 2000 HandBook 486 | How to open the machine, upgrade the RAM, replace the hard drive with an 800MB flash drive, replace the CMOS RAM backup battery and build a 4 AA NiMH battery pack. |
IBM ThinkPad 600 | Battery Page. |
IBM ThinkPad 600 | Battery problem. |
IBM ThinkPad (misc. models)![archived link, opens in new window [archived link]](http://tuxmobil.org/pics/archived.png) | Investigation and repairing of a non-charging Li-Ion battery (in German). |
IBM ThinkPad 600 | How to get inside the battery, some take apart instructions and pictures. |
IBM ThinkPad i1400 | HOW-TO: Laptop resurrection and upgrade, battery revival, membrane keyboard repairs, trackpoint transplant, adding USB ports and wireless LAN. |
Medion MD5400 | Cleaning the cooling fan. Jumper settings to reduce the CPU core voltage, to gain longer battery uptime (in German). |
Sony VAIO PCG-505FX | How to rebuild your BP51 Li-Ion battery. |
Sony VAIO PCG-505TS | Breathing new life into the dead battery pack. |
N.N. | Batteries for Portables: the dirty little secret. |
N.N. | Linux tools for batteries in laptops and PDAs. |
N.N. | Take these practical steps to extend your battery's operating time and the life of the battery itself. |
N.N. | Talk to your battery: battery refurbishment programs (a small download, linux required) for notebook batteries controlled by the BQ2092 and BQ2040 (and maybe others). |
N.N. | HOW-TO: Rebuild your laptop battery. |
Auxiliary CMOS Battery
Acer Aspire 5672WLMi | How to remove the default BIOS password by disconnectng the CMOS battery to resolve a standby problem. |
Acorn A4 | CMOS battery replacement. |
Apple PowerBook Duo | How to replace the backup battery (in Japanese). |
Apple PowerBook Duo 2xx | Memory upgrade, keyboard exchange, hard disk upgrade, modem installation, backup battery replacement (in Japanese). |
Apple PowerBook | Marking a set of batteries by laser etching, to avoid confusion when switching the batteries. |
Apple PowerBook 500 | Auxiliary PRAM battery installation. |
Canon Innova Book 360CD | Ni-MH Battery cell replacement and CMOS battery customization. |
COMPAQ Armada 1130T | Changing a flat CMOS battery and upgrading the hard disk. |
COMPAQ Contura Aero | How to replace the CR 1220 CMOS battery. |
COMPAQ Contura Aero | An illustrated step-by-step CMOS battery replacement guide. |
GateWay 2000 HandBook | Extending the EDO-RAM to 16MB, replacing the hard drive with a 1GB CF card connected to a CF-mini-IDE adapter, changing the CMOS battery, extending the battery capacity six times and building an on/off switch for the internal speaker. |
GateWay 2000 HandBook 486 | How to open the machine, upgrade the RAM, replace the hard drive with an 800MB flash drive, replace the CMOS RAM backup battery and build a 4 AA NiMH battery pack. |
HP Pavilion N5190 | Shared knowledge: a take apart picture gallery and disassembly guide. Cleaning the fan from dirt and remounting the CPU using thermal conductive paste. Upgrading the hard drive. Replacement of CD/DVD, LCD video driver board and BIOS battery. Fixing a broken power adapter jack. |
IBM ThinkPad 600E | How to power an external microphone. BIOS battery replacement instructions with pictures. |
Toshiba Tecra 520CDT![archived link, opens in new window [archived link]](http://tuxmobil.org/pics/archived.png) | Complete disassembly to replace an old CMOS battery. |
Toshiba Tecra S1 | This guide explains how to remove the system board from the notebook. It will also illustrate how you can disassemble the notebook and remove, replace or clean the following parts: battery, hard drive, modem card, memory module, Wi-Fi card, CPU, heatsink, fan, keyboard, touchpad, dvd-rom, top cover, display assembly, speakers. |
External Batteries
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