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| I have a DELL Inspiron 1545 laptop. The battery no longer holds a charge longer than 5-10mins, and I can only use it if it's plugged in. Kind of defeats having a laptop! lol I checked their website and the price of the battery is way above what I can afford.
I checked eBay and there are batteries there within my budget, but I'm wondering if they will take/hold a charge. I've always heard you HAVE to use DELL with DELL! Any tips on getting a battery that will work without giving DELL more of my money? |
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| There's really no tip to give. I just had a user here that tried a non Dell battery and when they tried it the Laptop came up with "Battery not recognized" does this happen with all Dell Laptops? I'm not a 100% sure. Maybe other Dell Laptop owners can shed some light or verify that they indeed have had success with a non Dell battery. |
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| I typed this into google; >> can I use a non dell battery in a dell laptop <<. Below is one of the hits dated January 2010. Read it and weep. http://nctritech.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/dell-laptops-reject-third-pa rty-batteries-and-ac-adapterschargers-hardware-vendor-lock-in/ |
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- Posted by ravencajun (My Page) on Wed, Apr 13, 11 at 0:36
| again one of the reasons I do not buy Dell and do not recommend them, they have gotten nuts with their proprietary stuff. I got a great deal on ebay for a battery for my Acer netbook, why should a Dell owner be penalized and have to pay so much more for their products. |
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- Posted by country_bumpkin_al (My Page) on Wed, Apr 13, 11 at 10:32
 Guess I'm stuck!! |
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| A risk with third party batteries is that they not-infrequently are lower quality and have less capacity than OEM versions. I personally never take the chance. A dead battery in a laptop is like a needed major repair on a car - you go the cheaper route if the rest still works fine, or it's a good excuse to buy a whole new replacement. But even when going the cheaper route and getting a replacement battery, i think it's a false economy to buy an aftermarket brand. Capacity is rated in milliAmp hours, for laptops it's usually a number in the single digit thousands ( 3000-9999 mAh hours) |
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