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    pinout battery pack asus A6000 series

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by jason666, Apr 9, 2008.

  1. jason666

    jason666 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    I have an Asus notebook A6000 series.
    The charging circuit is not working anymore, repairing this costs me a new motherboard. So this is not an option.

    Now i want, if possibe, connect an external supply.
    My idea is using the connectors where the battery pack connects.
    For this i need to know the pinout of the battery pack so i can connect an external power source directly into the notebook. This way i will not use the batterypack anymore.
    Can someone help me with this?
    thanks
     
    jason666, Apr 9, 2008
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    jason666 Notebook Enthusiast

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    nobody?
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    jason666, Apr 10, 2008
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    Insane Notebook Evangelist

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    for the price of the motherboard its not worth burning your house down. You'll find that the charging circuitry in your laptop will control how the charging is done and I'd be really scared to plug the battery into anything other than the laptop..


    its up to you in the end, but its really not worth the risk. Li-ion batteries can be fickle. Just ask the few Sony and dell laptop owners about it


    you do realise you should have a 24 month warranty on that A6? I did/do.
     
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    You cannot directly hook power through the battery terminals to dummy out the battery.

    Modern rechargable battery packs are digitally controlled through smart chips which regulate battery health and protect the system against certain types of catastrophic failures. This is not a "dumb" device like a car or watch battery.

    Battery packs will not accept charge without the proper signaling, and the charger/battery system on the laptop will not charge or accept power from anything it can't talk to. This is done because (as Insane mentioned) modern battery packs are Li-Ion are a lot more sensitive to overcharging and being completed discharged and can EXPLODE a lot more easily than other types of batteries if they are mishandled. However, IIRC the Sony battery problem (which Dell probably lost the most from) was due to a battery design problem where a short would occur as the components inside decayed with age (and possibly lead to fire or explosion).

    You take your chances with any third party battery packs. You totally void your warranty if you try to wire something up like that. It might not necessarily be the motherboard of your laptop, some units have the DC and charging on separate boards.
     
    AlexF, Apr 11, 2008
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