On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:34:23 -0700 (PDT), Evan
wrote:

On Jun 7, 2:03*am, mm wrote:
I've read a lot here about replacing the batteries in rechargeable
battery packs, but always about portable power tools.

Is it also possible to do this with battery packs for laptop
computers?

A friend was given a beautiful, used laptop, but doesn't have enough
money to buy a brand new battery. *Can individual cells be replaced at
lower cost?


Short answer is NO... Opening up the battery pack to do anything
to it will void any sort of remaining warranty you had on the
laptop...

There is no remaining warranty.

Plus it will no longer be a UL rated device and could catch fire
or damage the laptop if you don't fix it properly...

Isn't that true of power tools too? Yet people rebuild those packs.

If it is such a problem just use the power cord that came with
the laptop to use it like everyone else does who doesn't feel
like paying for a replacement battery pack...

Now you know why the laptop was being sold in the first
place...

It wasn't sold. It was given. By his older brother.

~~ Evan

Thank you.