2009年7月27日 星期一

How to Open a Laptop Battery & Replace the Lithium Ion

How to Open a Laptop Battery & Replace the Lithium Ion



Laptop batteries, like all rechargeable battery packs, lose their charging capacity over time. Because new laptop batteries are expensive, replacing the individual cells inside the battery casing can save a lot of money. However, rebuilding a battery sometimes does not work as expected, so it's important to be willing to purchase a new laptop battery if the procedure fails.


1. Allow the laptop battery to run down completely. Turn off your laptop, then remove the battery. Write down the model number located on your Latitude D800 battery to help identify the type of Li-ion replacement cells you need to purchase.


2. Split open a small section of the Latitude D800 battery pack (at the seam) with a screwdriver or craft knife. Continue to pry the plastic case loose moving around the outer edge until the entire top is free. This may take a bit of force.


3. Note the number of cells inside the case (usually four to eight). Write down the part number and voltage information printed on the Toshiba PA3107U-1BRS cell casings. Draw a diagram showing the arrangement of the cells and how they are connected, or take a few photos to help with reassembly.


4. Purchase the correct number and type replacement batteries from a local or online dealer, based on your battery model and cell specifications. Six Li-ion cells typically cost around $30 to $40.


5. Carefully remove each cell using a craft knife and wire cutters as necessary. Each Toshiba PA2487U battery pack is different, but the cells are usually wrapped in a plastic casing with metal contacts attached to one end. Lay the metal contacts, wires and casing material aside.


6. Use double-sided tape or a solder gun (only if necessary) to attach the metal contacts to the cells and circuit board. When finished, the old cells should be completely stripped (naked) and the new cells should look like the old ones as much as possible.


7. Place the new Discount laptop battery cells inside the case, referring to your diagram or photos if necessary. Glue the battery pack top back on. Charge the new battery for at least 24 hours before using it.


Keep an eye on the new battery while it charges for the first time. If the contacts are not connected properly, the battery could overheat and cause damage to the laptop.

2009年7月20日 星期一

How to replace battery cells inside laptop battery

How to replace battery cells inside laptop battery


In the last article, we have introduced "how to hack dead laptop battery" to our readers, but it is too simple. Now we write a detail article about " how to replace battery cells inside laptop battery".



At present, there are many articles about "how to purchase and use laptop battery" on the network , but there are too less article about "how to repaire laptop battery". For this reason, we decided to write a article about,laptop battery repair industry to help notebook users know what to do when laptop battery broken.


To notebook the battery is very important as the mobile work. The notebook become to desktop without laptop battery. There are battery cells and protection board in laptop battery inside. The batteries cells supply the power and the proctection panels protect the board safety when charging. Battery cells are consumable items, the capacity reduce in each using, which directly determine the quality of notebook batteries.


Notebook battery life short suddenly , cant work, laptop battery down suddenly (such as: battery capactiy suddenly reduce from 40% to 10% when working), laptop battery cant be fully charged,notebook battery cant be fully discharged (the notebook closed when the battery power state in 40% or more), the above cases may be caused by batteries capacity declining or batteries cells damage. Of course, there may be due to damage of the protection board, but this possibility is very small.




laptop battery cells


If you find that above failure happened to your notebook, it is necessary to check your laptop battery in laptop battery maintenance business. Now, let me introduce the whole process of laptop battery cells changing (for example Thinkpad T40 battery) .

First, we use professional equipment to detect the cause of the malfunction. There are many types equipment of Battery Fault Detection, such as: Texas Instruments products, MAX products, Ateml products, and even some personal home-made products. Most we use the commonly Texas Instruments (Texas) EV2300




Use professional equipment and related software to detect the cause of the malfunction




Battery Fault Detection




Texas Instruments EV2300




Once detected 92P1101 battery cells faulty , we are prepare to change the batteries cells for notebook battery.


Before the battery cells changing, We would like to tell you about the structure of the notebook battery.




The 92P1102 laptop battery are made up of three parts: batetry shell, battery cells and protection board.


In general, notebook battery can be divided into three parts: the shell, batteries and protection board。




Battery shell


Battery shell. That is notebook battery casing. There are different three types: type, ultrasonic bonding and adhesive bonding type.




08K8193 Batteries cell



Batteries cells group, that is, combination the batteries cells together in parallel and series connection. In accordance with the parallel, in series of different combinations can be divided into: 2 parallel and 3 serial connection (the most common), 2 parallel and 4 serial, 2 parallel and 2 serial, 3 serial and 3 parallel and 3 parallel and 4 serial (relatively rare).




Protection panel



Protection board, which is based on an agreement SMB1.1 circuit board, with power management functions and charge-discharge management.

Protection board, which is based on an agreement SMB1.1 circuit board. There are three chips on it : battery Measurement management chip, charge and discharge management chip and serial EEPROM memory chips




08K8192 Protection board




On positive plate : measuring management chip and charge-discharge management chip




The plate back has a serial EEPROM memory chips


Decrypt and unlock the protection board are two different works. Before you go into the battery management system you must decrypt the protection board, unlock the battery management system in order to change the parameters of the battery and use of information. If you only change batteries cells without unlock, you can not achieve satisfactory results (for example: the battery can only charge to the state "the last full charge capacity", the battery maintenance management information will be displayed the charged number)

We use professional equipment and related software to unlock and decrypt the protection board. Of course, you must choose the appropriate equipment by 92P1087 battery management chip design.




use professional equipment and related software to unlock and decrypt the protection board







choose the appropriate equipment by battery management chip design




related software for unlock and decrypt the protection board




Programmer


If the protection board hardware damaged , we would also use oscilloscope, multimeter and logic analyzer




oscilloscope, multimeter




logic analyzer


After the deal with the batteries protection board , let me introduce the method to choose the right cells. We must use sub-meter cabinet and the internal resistance to check batteries capacity resistance, separation voltage, select out all specs of parameters for comparison with similar groups. Also the thinkpad R50 battery
thinkpad T41 battery
thinkpad T42 battery
thinkpad T43 battery is the same battery cells.




Sub-capacity cabinet




Sub-capacity cabinet manage software







Select the similar cells to make a battery group


Then we will use the spot-welding and Nickel sheet to joint the batteries cells together.




spot-welding




use the spot-welding and nickel films to joint the 92P1011 batteries cells together




The Nickel sheet we use are designed in round corner




round corner and straight angle Nickel sheet


After unlock and decrypt the protection board, connect the battery cells group. We can assemble the shell protection board and cells together.







assemble the shell protection board and cells together


During the assemble, you must take high attention. The steps is also suitable for IBM 40Y6795
40Y6797 40Y6799



After doing the above steps, the battery cells changing is compeleted. The repaired battery quality is the new battery in most function, so you must calibrate it first. Generally, you should fully charged in 1o hours then full discharge it 2-3 times.


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2009年7月12日 星期日

Hack laptop battery notice

Hack laptop battery notice
In the last article, We introduce the way "How to hack dead laptop battery". But as far as we know the hack battery is a dangerous and perplexing work for the professional guy. Most of us only know how to take apart the battery pack and solder the cells to the circuit board, this may cause some damage to electrocircuit.
After using for a long time, the laptop battery (A1175) capacity would reduce, resulting in shortened life of the notebook. This is mainly caused by an internal battery batteries aging failure. In serious condition, we cant solve the problem by battery calibration procedures or repeatedly charging and discharging. For this issue, many fans will open the battery case, to find the failure and replace batteries cells, they think that will be able to solve the problem. The actual situation is really so?
Carefully Replace the battery cells
Most laptop battery are made up of lithium-ion batteries cells, and lithium-ion VGP-BPS5A battery life is basically a constant, only 500 ~ 800 times charge life. Therefore, if the regular use of batteries for notebook power supply, 1 ~ 2 years later, due to the internal battery aging, it is easy to achieve the life of the batteries expire. Although we have detected in the open cell batteries, the show is a one or two damaged batteries. even if you replace the failure batteries, the battery return back to normal in a short period of time, it can not be used again soon as the entire failure of other batteries.
In that case, replace all the internal laptop battery can solve the problem? In fact, it is difficult to do this. Because in the original battery, its internal batteries is a precise match, and the capacity of batteries, terminal voltage and internal resistance are in a good consistency. And the battery we buy in the market has not been tested and matched, we can not matching for the batteries under the amateur condition, so the capacity, internal resistance and other parameters will inevitably vary. In the internal battery, the batteries are charged together after the series (in the majority of notebook batteries, the batteries will be divided into eight groups, four in series and then parallel to form a battery pack), as a result of the rechargeable battery the same current, in which the smallest capacity batteries will of course be full of electricity, while the other is not enough battery power, the battery terminal voltage can not set the voltage, charging circuit will continue to charge Vaio VGN-SZ battery pack. In this way, the original fully charged rechargeable batteries will be over-charged.
To reduce the charge time, the current of laptop charging circuit is very big, it will produce great heat when charging, so the liquid 40Y6795 batteries temperature and pressure rise, internal electrolyte easily dry or overflow , so the batteries capacity decline and even explose. The total storage capacity of the battery determined by one of the smallest capacity batteries, and this will turn into a vicious cycle, after repeated charge-discharge, the entire battery capacity will significantly decline.
At the same time, a number of laptop batteries in order to prevent unauthorized users to open the replacement of Dell D820 batteries, have the smart chip protection and anti-line openings. As long as the shell to open the battery or batteries from the battery in the circuit board removed, intelligent protection circuit will stop the output of the battery. Even if we put the batteries back to the battery circuit board or close the battery case, the protection of its smart chip still can not be restored. In this way, the battery will not be able to normal output. We need to reset the smart chip in order to solve this problem, but the amateur conditions, we are unable to reset the smart chip. Therefore, from time to time change batteries cell may cause permanent damage to the battery.
So, how do we solve the battery problem? The best way is to buy a new original battery, but now a new original Thinkpad R50 battery or even a few thousand dollars, to spend so much money is too high, exceeding the carrying capacity of many consumers. However, there are a number of professional notebook repair station, its equipment and technology are good, but there are some repair stations and manufacturers of batteries there is a long-term cooperative relations, the battery can be manufactured to precise matching. This will ensure the maintenance of quality.
In these places the price of batteries for about 300 million, although replacement of batteries on their own to higher prices, but will keep the Thinkpad T41 battery's long-term use. In addition, some maintenance stations for maintenance had also carried out a six-month battery warranty. And we use these six months, as long as there are a hundred times to ensure that the battery charge and discharge around, and battery capacity and stability during this period, then after the battery will enter a stable period, the damage is not easy.
Have know-how to maintain the battery
In any case, replace the batteries do not need our small price to pay, so we have to use in day-to-day attention to the maintenance of the battery to extend battery life.
To protect the battery, first of all to reduce the number of Thinkpad T42 battery, that is to say when in the city, do not use the battery as much as possible. This can reduce the number of battery charge and discharge, longer battery life. While this caused some inconvenience to use, but every time you think about the use of batteries, need money to pay two dollars, or you take it easy.
The internal structure of the battery
Battery calibration procedures can extend the PCGA-BP2V battery life, has been a subject of heated discussion. Support the view that correction can eliminate the battery memory effect of batteries to extend battery life. The opponents believe that the use of lithium-ion batteries have no memory effect, so the correction process will only increase the number of battery charge and discharge and shorten battery life. In fact, understanding these two are not comprehensive. Although lithium-ion batteries to reduce the memory effect, but the memory effect still exists.
Indeed the PCGA-BP4V battery calibration can reduce the memory effect, but this is not the most important, the battery calibration procedure is to establish the main functions of the battery and control circuit so that the control circuit can correctly identify the capacity of the battery, so to avoid battery overcharge or over-discharge phenomenon. At the same time, the system can also be exhausted before the battery shutdown to protect data security. However, the frequent use of battery calibration procedures will increase the number of battery charge and discharge. Therefore, we run once every three months about the battery calibration procedures it.
We in the use of batteries for notebook power supply or power adapter for charging the Sony laptop battery, do not unplug the notebook's battery. Because the battery is charging or discharging state, the currents are very large, if we try to plug the battery, then, it is easy to have a spark, not only will cause contact of ablation, may also be caused by the impact of current circuit board or battery laptop charging circuit damage.
In addition, many people there are still some misunderstanding on the use of batteries. For example, the "new purchase to go through the Apple laptop battery charging and discharging several times to activate," "notebook batteries do need to put a" matter of fact, with the memory effect of lithium batteries and battery to reduce the improvement of internal protection circuits. These factors impact on the battery capacity has been very small, we run on a regular basis as long as the battery calibration procedure of these operations will be able to eliminate the impact of the battery, so we need not care too much for this purpose to wait on your notebook, after all, the battery is used used.
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2009年7月3日 星期五

How to identify the good battery and bad battery?

How to identify the good battery and bad battery?



There are many laptop battery in the electronic market, a large number of substandard products into the market, including many original batteries counterfeit, take many potential to consumers. For non-professional consumers, we suggest the customer select the notebook battery following to the next tips:



1. Check packaging

Battery packaging should be sealed anti-static bags, anti-static foam lining, which is to protect the basic configuration of the VGP-BPS5 notebook battery.

Battery packaging should have a bar code serial code. Bar code is provided by the factory management of commodity standards to identify the authority logo.


2.check the appearance

Batteries should not be scratched or the appearance of the old sense, or readily available second-hand goods renovation as OEM satellite A100 battery.

Battery case should be clear parameters, performance, application of model identification.

Joints up and down the VGP-BPS5A battery cover should have no marks have been opened.



3. Check the official commitment to the protection of that and after-sale



Formal professional laptop battery grade qualified products cylindrical latitude d800 batteries, since the date of the factory, there are bonds for one year warranty. If you can not have this commitment, then the use of batteries and other materials may not be the quality of very qualified sub-grade batteries but batteries. At present the market with large number of obsolete Japan, South Korea and the poor laptop battery conversion, this product may seem cheap products are actually huge profits, as well as the normal use of notebook computers much damage, the explosion will be serious personal injury caused to consumers.


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2009年7月1日 星期三

Steps to maximize the life of your battery

Steps to maximize the life of your battery



There are actions you can take to make your battery last longer during each charge cycle and live longer over many cycles. HP always recommends following the instructions for charging and storage that came with the battery or notebook. On this page we offer additional suggestions to help you get the most from your portable power supply.



Manage battery power more effectively in Windows


Make sure your battery gives the power you need, when you need it. Power Options in Windows XP allow you to control the power management features of your notebook PC.



Learn more about the Power Options in Windows by visiting Microsoft's support site:

? Microsoft: Power Management in Windows XP

Tips for conserving battery power on notebook PCs

You can manually change the power consumption of your notebook PC and conserve laptop battery power.



Reduce the brightness of the screen to the minimum readable level. Use the Fn and F7 or F8 keys to adjust the brightness.


Remove peripherals when not in use. External hard drives, CD-ROMs, Zip drives, PC cards, and other peripheral devices can draw power from your EVO N400C battery even

when they are not in active use. Disconnect them when you have finished using them.
Reduce the speed of your processor. The faster your computer works, the more quickly it uses up the supply of power. By cutting down on processor speed, you can extend the charge of your battery. Methods to reduce processor speed vary from model to model, and your manual should provide instructions for doing so.


Turn off the Wireless On-Off button when it is not in use. If your notebook has one, press the Wireless On-Off button so that the light turns off.



Battery care practices




Battery cells suffer gradual, irreversible capacity loss over time. Such aging occurs more rapidly as temperature and discharge loads increase. Here are some suggested ways to minimize the capacity loss for your F4809A battery.



Store Li-Ion batteries between 20°C and 25°C (68°F and 77°F) with 30% to 50% charge.



Do not leave batteries exposed to high temperatures for extended periods. Prolonged exposure to heat (for example, inside a hot car) will accelerate the deterioration of Li-Ion cells.



Remove the battery if the notebook will be stored (turned off and not plugged into AC power) for more than 2 weeks.

Remove the battery if the notebook will be plugged into AC power continuously (via a wall adapter or docking station) for more than 2 weeks.


Note: Recommendations for battery use and storage are covered in the HP ZE4400 battery User Guides for each model.


Calibrate the notebook PC battery



Short discharges and recharges do not fully synchronize the VGP-BPS2C battery's fuel gauge with the battery's state-of-charge. This can result in the amount of power available in one cycle being less than expected or the battery meter being inaccurate.



Under normal usage, Presario 2100 batteries should be calibrated a minimum of once every 3 months. Your battery can be calibrated by following these steps:

Step 1 - Disable the Windows Power Management

In Windows, right-click the Desktop and select Properties in the menu list.

Click the Screen Saver tab and then click the Power button.

Under Power schemes, select Always On in the drop down menu.

Under Settings for Always On power scheme, select Never in each of the drop down menus.

Click OK on the Power Options Properties window and then click OK on the Display Properties window.



Step 2 - Fully charge the battery

Connect the AC adapter to the notebook.

Charge the Ibook G3 battery until the Windows battery meter is at 100%.


Step 3 - Fully discharge the battery

Remove the AC adapter.

Keep the notebook on until the battery has completely drained and the notebook automatically turns off.

Connect the AC adapter to the notebook.

Keep the AC adapter connected to the notebook until the M8416 battery has completely charged.



Step 4 - Enable the Windows Power Management

In Windows, right-click the Desktop and select Properties in the menu list.

Click the Screen Saver tab and then click the Power button.

Under Power schemes, select Portable/Laptop in the drop down menu.

Click OK on the Power Options Properties window and then click OK on the Display Properties window.