DIY Fixing a Laptop Battery
Hi Friends , DIY is always fun and awesome, and so welcome to another word of tech byte... This note is a collective scratchpad of troubleshoot methods and fixes i came across recently for fixing my laptop battery that went bad. Battery Model : HP HS04 battery pack (4 cell , lithium ion, 14.6V , 2670 mAh, 41 Wh) Laptop Model : HP 15-ac635tu (equivalent to HP G4 250 Notebook) The Symptoms Laptop Showed 1. Laptop charger goes on and off intermittently after charging up to more than 60% . The charger port LED goes between charging and not-charging frequently. 2. Once laptop is running from battery, charge percentage drops faster than normal, and once it reaches 23% , laptop shuts off immediately. On power in on again the charge percentage will be less than 15% and wont complete bootup to desktop. Faints instantly. Troubleshooting 1. Borrowed a laptop charger from my friend and tried 2 or 3 charge cycles. But still the issue...