lappy battery

[tamborine]

battery cuts out after 10secs. Can I recharge so it holds longer or is it a new battery?

[ChuckFickens]

What laptop?

There may be battery reconditioning software either on the manufacturers website, or possibly already in the BIOS for the laptop which might help a little bit.

Though if it does improve the battery life it still won't be like new, a replacement battery is the only way to do that

[joggerjayne]

Chuck is so clever.

I'd have said "bin it and replace it"

=0)

[tamborine]

Dell Lat D620.....have been reconnecting power often to try & build up battery? It's only 2y old!

[fo3nix]

Best thing to do is get it basically empty, and leave it for several hours.

Then, put it on charge until it says it's charged, then leave it charging for a few hours more.

Then, drain the battery, and do the whole thing again.

After doing this (twice), try using the battery from fully charged. If it still only lasts a short amount of time, it's new battery time.