Does your laptop battery give out a lot sooner than it used to? Are you lucky to get an hour or two of work done before you need to start searching for an AC outlet? Sounds like it’s time to think ...

Adding more memory or storage, or swapping in a new battery or wireless card, can help squeeze a few more years out of that aging laptop. Here's how to figure out what you can upgrade, and how to do ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Lithium-ion batteries—like the one in your laptop—degrade over ...

If your laptop is connected to power but not getting any juice, use these steps to troubleshoot. Has this ever happened to you? Your laptop informs you the battery is nearly dead. You then rush to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Laptop computers used to run on nickel-cadmium batteries, which ...

— -- Question: My Dell Inspiron laptop tells me that its battery will no longer charge properly and that its "useful life is short." Can I keep using the battery until it goes out completely, or ...