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[-] radiosimian@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

A heads-up to anyone running old laptops; buy genuine replacement batteries while they're available!

I have an aging XPS 13 and of course, Dell have discontinued the battery line. Opened it up one day and every cell had puffed out. It took buying a couple of fakes before finally finding a decent reseller on eBay who stocked what I needed. The fake batteries were not recognised by Dell's hardware detection system thing, I imagine lots of other manufacturers might implement the same feature.

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Or don't buy from manufacturers that do this

[-] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago

Yea, but what if you already have a laptop from such a manufacturer?

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Good luck soldier!

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

You will eventually have to replace it when there are no replacement batteries. Get one that's focused on repairability. Then you can basically keep it forever

[-] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Yes that's a good tip, but the OP comment was focused on people who already have a laptop

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