I have a lame duck.......

[Xavien]

Well its not a duck really but it really is lame

I made a mistake a few years back.....i bought a dell laptop ahhhhh!

Apart from not being able to understand anyone at tech support in dell, when i bought my laptop i made sure to buy the uber battery which extended the user time by an hour or so.

I really should have looked into it a bit more because the battery is notorious for failing. I probably used the battery once or twice (it was out of warranty when it died on me) and now if i want to buy a dell battery for it its going to cost me £150 which is nearly half the price i paid for the original laptop.

Im not a great fan of dell at all and ive been told that i have to buy a dell battery to replace it but im wondering if thats true so i wanted to see if theres any advice anyone can give me.

Heres the bat specs

Rechargeable Li-ion Battery Rating 11.1V Type KD476 85Wh

The reviews of the battery on the dell site are awful, loads of people have had two or three of them replaced within a year and dell seem to refuse to fix what really seems to be a defective product.

Im hoping its possible to get a cheaper replacement somewhere. Otherwise i think i might be better off just throwing out the laptop and getting one that isnt a dell.

 

[steveuk87]

first off Dell are extremely unhelpful for tech support/repair so you wont get any luck, and also they make you pay through the nose for everything!! and most/all their parts are custom made so you cant mix/match try ebay see if u can get a cheap replacement

Steve

 

[Xavien]

Its probably my only hope just like obe wan i guess. I actually laughed when first looking at buying the new pc i have now, the alienware (dell) eqivilent of my set up would have cost me a further £2000!

 

[Sleinous]

Well its not a duck really but it really is lame

I made a mistake a few years back.....i bought a dell laptop ahhhhh!

Apart from not being able to understand anyone at tech support in dell, when i bought my laptop i made sure to buy the uber battery which extended the user time by an hour or so.

I really should have looked into it a bit more because the battery is notorious for failing. I probably used the battery once or twice (it was out of warranty when it died on me) and now if i want to buy a dell battery for it its going to cost me £150 which is nearly half the price i paid for the original laptop.

Im not a great fan of dell at all and ive been told that i have to buy a dell battery to replace it but im wondering if thats true so i wanted to see if theres any advice anyone can give me.

Heres the bat specs

Rechargeable Li-ion Battery Rating 11.1V Type KD476 85Wh

The reviews of the battery on the dell site are awful, loads of people have had two or three of them replaced within a year and dell seem to refuse to fix what really seems to be a defective product.

Im hoping its possible to get a cheaper replacement somewhere. Otherwise i think i might be better off just throwing out the laptop and getting one that isnt a dell.

When this happened with my first Sony Vaio laptop (6 years old now) I just got the cable hardwired into the computer meant it was no longer portable but I knew i'd get a new one soon anyway so it was just temporary.

 

[Gorman]

There is always an "alternative" availiable on Ebay and the like for cheap. However wether it does more harm than good is usually luck of the draw.

 

[Xavien]

Im not sure it could do any more harm to a dell laptop i dont use it very often but its a handy thing to have but without a battery its not so handy i dont need anything to fantastic so i think after ive paid for this system i may look into getting another one. I know alot of people swear by dell, but for me i only swear at them