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Dell Inspiron - Battery life horrendously short

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by pspluvr, Sep 9, 2009.

  1. pspluvr

    pspluvr Regular member

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    Okay; I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 Notebook with the Intel Core Duo Processor (just giving you an idea of how old this is, probably three or four years), and when I bought this laptop at a pawn shop, the battery would probably last as much as two hours at the most after a full charge. Now just recently, probably two or three weeks ago, my battery will last only a half hour to 45 minutes on a full charge. I tried re-calibrating the battery - running it out COMPLETELY, even after defeating the low battery warnings, then recharging it with the laptop powered off. This did not work either.

    I checked out the prices for a new battery, and they run up to $155! Not something I wanna shell out unless there's nothing I can do at this point. Advice/tips on what to do to resolve this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. ^_^
     
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    Have you shoped the pawn shops for a battery? How about craigslist?
     
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    pspluvr Regular member

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    Thank you for your suggestions; I shall take them all and find the best option for me, which seems to be the last suggestion posted here, but all your input is very much appreciated. Thank you. :)
     
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