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HP battery problem

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  • 20-01-2006 12:17pm
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    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭


    Got a HP "pavilion 5320" laptop (around 3 years ago) the battery died after around 6 months...haven't replaced it since because I dont use it portable, and the dead battery is still inside the machine...I always have it plugged in...BTW the battery now only lasts 5 minutes!

    Just wondering could I have got a free replacement battery off HP because it died after 6 months (missed the boat bringing it back to compustore, where I bought it, before they went bust!) If I was to buy a battery now, how much would I expect to pay??....and is it bad for the laptop that the battery is still inside it...??

    ..oh, and there is a VERY loud noise off the fan, all the time.

    Other than that the laptop is fine.


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    ARGINITE
    Registered Users Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    ford fiesta wrote:
    Just wondering could I have got a free replacement battery off HP because it died after 6 months (missed the boat bringing it back to compustore, where I bought it, before they went bust!) If I was to buy a battery now, how much would I expect to pay??....and is it bad for the laptop that the battery is still inside it...??
    ..oh, and there is a VERY loud noise off the fan, all the time.

    Ya you probably could have gotten a new battery out of it if you had brought it back, it all depends on what is said in your warranty about the battery.

    A new battery would cost ~€100.

    The fan noise is probably it way of saying clean me!


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    ARGINITE wrote:
    A new battery would cost ~€100.

    The battery for my Pavillion zv5000 is 150 pounds sterling according to laptopbits.co.uk. :eek:

    I had the same problem with my HP laptop - battery went after 6 months. Piece of crap, I could never recommend HP laptops to anyone. I contacted HP about this and if it was within warranty, they would have replaced the battery. And they would have replaced the hard-drive that is failing and they may have done something for the power supply problem I am having.
    /end rant


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    ghettogrl
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭ghettogrl


    same problem here! i would never recomend HP....as far as the battery is concerned i was told by my computer expert that with all the problems i was going to have i was better off to replace the computer alltogether.but then maybe that was just mine!


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