Comments on: Reviving A Dead Notebook Battery

By: Uncertain

Uncertain — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:46:57 +0000

Hi all, after reading so much positive testiments of this tips, I’m kinda itchy to test it out. But then, a couple of questions in my head which kept me from rushing to find my “dead” and “abandoned” Sony Vaio’s Li-On battery.

1. How much is the difference of the duration of the battery before and after the charge?

2. How long can the battery remain that duration after you’ve “freeze” the battery?

Your kind replies to the above enquiries are appreciated.

Cheers.

By: nafim

nafim — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:17:48 +0000

hey this is interesting. I’m gonna try on my nimh and dslr batteries i will post the result .. :p

By: Lingo

Lingo — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:58:26 +0000

Unfortunately, this method did not work for me, I kept it in the freezer for about 5 days. I will try a period of a couple of months to see if there is any improvement.

By: Silvekk

Silvekk — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:21:53 +0000

I have Acer Travelmate…battery used to have last for about 3, 3:30 min….but now it’s not goin’ over an hour…i want to revive my battery life to a originaly state…is this possible with freezin’ or the “freezin’ stuff” is for dead battery’s??? Thank you very much in advance….

By: carcar

carcar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:09:49 +0000

Hi i have a Compaq computer and the battery is totally dead. I was wondering if this method works for Compaq batteries

By: SS

SS — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:35:32 +0000

Reviving a dead battery by freezing it was just too good to pass up!, especially since the majority of the comments were positive. I tried it on a Vaio (circa 2002) battery that had been completely dead for some time. I tried it twice (36 hours and 5 days in the freezer, respectively). Each time it began charging but within a couple of hours it indicated 100% and still charging, even though the charge light was off. Having a dead battery in this older unit is no loss since it is always plugged in, but it would have been nice if it could hold some charge.

By: frank esselink

frank esselink — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:12:15 +0000

This is my subject for a schoolproject. We will try this trick with various types of batteries, and all methods. If We get good results here, we will publisch them on internet

By: Mr.Flood

Mr.Flood — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:11:13 +0000

So I’ve got this Toshiba Li-Ion Batter which is completely dead, not sure when it happened but it was probably a month or less ago.

At first i tried it for about 12 hours, but with no result other than a dead battery.

I gave it a second try for about 2 days, but alas, the battery is still dead, or so it seems. It has been loading for about 3 hours now and it’s stuck on 2%…or so my pc claims. If it was it would at least be on for a min, but the laptop dies instantly if i pull out my power cord, which unfortunately disconnects if i budge it, even if it’s in. (Believe me, i’ve tried everything from re-soldering the wires, clean it with alcohol, even opening my laptop to have a closer look at it. Frustrating)

So i’m at loss, is there no hope for my battery?

By: kamiru84

kamiru84 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:37:02 +0000

good . will try it when i got a freezer.

By: Griff

Griff — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:11:44 +0000

My battery is only a little over a year old, just past the warranty… well anyway, it can still hold a charge, but only for about 20 minutes.

With that said, what would be better, charge it up and then freeze it, or run it out before freezing… or somewhere in between?