ive read a frightening story online about laptop batteries exploding if they are too old and I have 2 vintage machines, one 19 years old and the other being around 14 years old and my most modern laptop being 5 years old running windows 8.1.
The one I most cautious about is my laptop which is 19 years old. (Fujitsu Siemens lifebook s6010) , It still runs off battery but I feel like I'm using a computer with a bomb inside. The laptop has never got hot whilst I used it but none the less, i don't think the previous user has ever changed the battery once since it can't last even an hour. The computer is not slow in any way either until I took out the battery and used it as a desktop pc which it gave me errors on start up and worked slow after that, I've not switched it on since... I'm wondered whether to put the battery back in and see if the problem happens after . I think I should buy a new battery and try it out in this laptop.
The other pc is a Dell Lattitude from 2004-2007 which is quite a clunky laptop. I got it refurbished last year where it originally ran windows vista and got XP put on it which runs like a charm. The battery life is decent, lasting around two hours on full charge, but then again, I'm conscious about the age of the battery. The laptop has got warm but it's got a good fan in it which quickly cools the system within a minute. I'll elaborate that this laptop runs very well and hasn't froze on me so far much, I use this laptop as normal with the battery in. Should I carry on with this battery as I have been doing?
The other laptop which is a Toshiba satellite which is five years old and it runs windows eight, it does get hot especially when I play sims three but the laptop manages and this doesn't happen often. We never changed the battery. The laptop is gettting a tad slow since I've not had virus protection on for a while , I've always use the laptop with the battery in which now the battery lasts about an hour and a half with the battery on full charge but It charges back up quickly. The fan work but isn't noticeable until I went into bios to check the battery health and when I went out of it to boot it into windows, the fan went crazy so I switched it off at the button and took out the battery. This computer freezes quite a bit. Is it time to replace this laptop battery as they are going quite cheap?
The one I most cautious about is my laptop which is 19 years old. (Fujitsu Siemens lifebook s6010) , It still runs off battery but I feel like I'm using a computer with a bomb inside. The laptop has never got hot whilst I used it but none the less, i don't think the previous user has ever changed the battery once since it can't last even an hour. The computer is not slow in any way either until I took out the battery and used it as a desktop pc which it gave me errors on start up and worked slow after that, I've not switched it on since... I'm wondered whether to put the battery back in and see if the problem happens after . I think I should buy a new battery and try it out in this laptop.
The other pc is a Dell Lattitude from 2004-2007 which is quite a clunky laptop. I got it refurbished last year where it originally ran windows vista and got XP put on it which runs like a charm. The battery life is decent, lasting around two hours on full charge, but then again, I'm conscious about the age of the battery. The laptop has got warm but it's got a good fan in it which quickly cools the system within a minute. I'll elaborate that this laptop runs very well and hasn't froze on me so far much, I use this laptop as normal with the battery in. Should I carry on with this battery as I have been doing?
The other laptop which is a Toshiba satellite which is five years old and it runs windows eight, it does get hot especially when I play sims three but the laptop manages and this doesn't happen often. We never changed the battery. The laptop is gettting a tad slow since I've not had virus protection on for a while , I've always use the laptop with the battery in which now the battery lasts about an hour and a half with the battery on full charge but It charges back up quickly. The fan work but isn't noticeable until I went into bios to check the battery health and when I went out of it to boot it into windows, the fan went crazy so I switched it off at the button and took out the battery. This computer freezes quite a bit. Is it time to replace this laptop battery as they are going quite cheap?