How to Revive a Dead Laptop Battery

A number of factors ranging from battery use, exposure to elements, battery quality, to old age can suck up the juice out of your battery.

But before you consider tossing out your dead laptop battery for a new one which by the way might cost you a small fortune: I want you to know that you can still revive that dead or dying battery, reinstating at least 60% on the power it had. So, read this carefully!

The Step by Step Unorthodox Method – How to revive a dead laptop battery yourself

1. Take out the battery from your laptop.

2. Wrap the battery in a towel and put it in a plastic bag [waterproof]; be sure to seal it properly.

3. Put the sealed battery in a freezer for a minimum of 12 hours – no need to worry, it can even stay in the freezer up to 72 hours.

4. Take out the battery from your freezer. Do not hasten to unpack it from the plastic bag, just allow it to sit for another 10 hours until it reaches room temperature. Afterwards, if the package is still cool to touch, allow it to sit a little longer.

5. As soon as it hits room temperature, remove the battery from the plastic bag, unwrap the towel and wipe off any moisture with a dry towel.

6. Put back the battery in the laptop but DO NOT POWER ON. Rather, plug the pc into your AC charger and charge until fully charged.

7. Disconnect the charger, VOILA! Your battery is now revived. Although it’s actually not brand-new, but you’ve succeeded in reviving 90% of the energy it had.

8. NEXT inspect your laptops power settings and disable items such as screen saver, sleep mode and monitor brightness. Be sure to use up the battery till its 3%.

9. Afterwards, plug the PC (with battery attached) into your AC charger. let it charge all night if possible.

10. After that, consume every last drop of the battery energy – at least allow 3% remaining. Allow it sit another 8 hours. After doing this you’ll notice a dramatic increase in battery life.