Re: Laptop Battery Problem.... **Pleaseeeeeeee help**

Without knowing more, I'd say the power supply charging unit (inside the laptop) has a problem that is making it hot. One reason would be that your battery has gone bad and is in need of replacement. Another is that part of the charging circuit isn't working or is shorted enough to cause heat. I'd also shop around for a diagnostic shop that will at least tell you what the problem is without charging you an arm and/or leg.

GP

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Hey guys!

Well.. I bought my laptop just over a year ago. About 1yr 4mths I think..
Ever since I got it, the battery life was only about 30mins max and underneath the laptop (where the windows sticker is) gets extremely hot.. so hot I've never been able to actually use it as a 'lap' top hehe

As of recently I've only been able to use the laptop on battery for about 17mins!
This is so frustrating

Then.. last week, I went to start it up.. things seemed to go fine until it reached the windows sign in screen, I couldn't move the curser (it kept stalling) and I couldn't enter a password.
So I instantly thought maybe there was some kind of a problem with the keyboard etc..
Called PC World and they said it would cost £120.. Which I'm definitely not going to pay! So I resigned to the fact that the lappy was bust and continued to use my boyfriends PC for work.

Then I took the battery out (dunno why).. but it started up as normal and everything seems fine.
Although the really really hot part underneath is still as hot as ever... What could this be?


Hope to hear from ya's soon!
Thanks in advance..

Lea x
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