Dead Battery

by Tisha
(Florida)

I had only had my Dell laptop for a little over a year and the entire time, I had been very careful not to drop or abuse it.

One morning when I was turning it on, I had a warning appear that said that my battery was broken.

I had it checked out by a computer technician and sure enough, a battery that wasn't even close to 2 years old was only holding 25 to 30 percent charge no matter what!

Instead of buying a $100 laptop battery, I ended up just keeping the laptop plugged in until about a year and a half to two years later when the power cord also decided to break.