After finding Acer’s motherboard schematics online and doing a little reverse-engineering, [Tiziano] has found a way to reuse batteries from his dead laptop, not only saving the batteries from ...

But trends have changed in recent years thanks to advances in cooling technology, more power efficient hardware, and battery saving software. Nowadays, you can easily score a gaming laptop that ...

[Rinoa] had a less destructive idea: she’s replaced the battery in a laptop with a bank of supercapacitors. The supercaps in question are 2.7 Volt, 500 Farad caps arranged in banks six for a ...

Lithium-ion laptop batteries should last anywhere between two to five years on average. Factors affecting battery life include heat, overcharging, full cycles, and high-power usage. There are a ...