Reply 46900 of 52916, by weedeewee
TrashPanda wrote on 2022-10-31, 09:54:I might be able to source a new battery for it so its portability will be limited till I can get one.
Considering this machine is older than an armada m700, it should be possible to rebuild the battery since they do not have those annoying gas gauge integrated circuits which cut off the battery when the ic thinks the battery shouldn't be used anymore.
doesn't matter which chemistry the thing uses. Just replace the cells with the same ones, charge and all should be good... aside from the plastic case maybe a slight bit mangled from opening it up.
Reference, I managed to fix my m700 battery by replacing one cell which was feeding the battery indication circuit which drained that cell completely flat, which caused it to no longer be charged.
Right to repair is fundamental. You own it, you're allowed to fix it.
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