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    Could this mess up my laptop?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lucirz, Nov 19, 2012.

  1. lucirz

    lucirz Notebook Consultant

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    i have an inspiron 1520. the original battery died and i bought a new third party one from amazon and that was cheap and died too. now i don't feel like wasting money on another one.

    the problem is i use my inspiron alot on the bed and other places and i'm also never fully stationary with it. this causes the ac adapter wire to go loose and my computer crashes and shut down immediately since it has no battery. i have not seen any real damages yet ,aside from it just shutting down.

    but in the long term, could this damage laptop? could it short circuit anything? i mean is there really a difference from it shutting off by disconnecting the ac adapter vs me pressing "shutdown" on windows xp, since they both do the same things? or does pressing shutdown on windows xp makes for a smooth shutdown and won't damage anything vs disconnecting ac adapter?

    thanks in advance
     
    lucirz, Nov 19, 2012
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    From a hardware perspective, it shouldn't mess anything up, but "hot" shutdowns are one of the best ways to corrupt your OS installation.
     
    Commander Wolf, Nov 19, 2012
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  3. Dellienware

    Dellienware Workstations & Ultrabooks

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    I agree with commander wolf.

    Just buy another from Ebay.. They cost like $15 max.
     
    Dellienware, Nov 19, 2012
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  4. coolvap

    coolvap Notebook Enthusiast

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    Abrupt shut downs can mess up the Hard Disk drive and Operating System in some cases. Operating system is a complex software that continuously uses the hard disk. As the hard disk has moving parts, its important to be cautious and perform a clean shutdown to minimize any potential problems.
     
    coolvap, Nov 22, 2012
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  5. shea2812

    shea2812 Notebook Consultant

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    Over here there is this one guy who re-cell laptop battery. He just open that batt's casing and replace those dead cells with better ones. Most consumer grade laptop's batt dont last, I suppose that is the price to pay for going for cheaper pc. I have no problem with batt because I have been using business grade (now on latitude E6320). Previous on Elitebook which batt were running well without much degradation even after two years.
    There must be someone over there who does that kind of service and i believe it is going to be better than originals because those new cells are fresh.
    here's the link for some good read...
    [WTS]Alternative Laptop Battery (98% success rate)
     
    shea2812, Jan 21, 2013
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