Question:Will a notbeook work when it’s battery is missing but the laptop ac adapter is plugged in? … My sister’s laptop has stopped working and we think it’s because of the battery. before it stopped working, the charge slowly went down till it got to only 6% charge ability then jumped to 0% charge. I think it’s the battery. She wants to find out before she tries to pay someone to try and fix the actual computer. (if we know its the battery, we can just order it)”

“The laptop will work with just adaptor plugged in and the battery removed

however your issue could be an issue the adaptor causing the laptop battery to discharge as there is no charge getting to the laptops battery or it could be an internal issue with the motherboard

try just the adaptor if that works then replace the battery”

if you want to play and can plug the laptop to an electrical outlet, you should do so AND also pull your battery out.

Why? Because games are demanding on a laptop and get them really hot when you play for a long time. All that heat will quickly find its way to the battery and it will gradually affect its performance; the hotter a battery gets, the faster it will go bad and will see it’s ‘battery life’ reduced – read it will not keep its charge (your current 1h30min will go down).

The only drawback of doing so is that you will no longer have protection against sudden power fluctuations from your home’s power grid. Worst case, if there is a power outage, you might see your laptop die on you and you might lose some unsaved files or even [in rare and extreme cases only] might get some your system files corrupt thus making your OS unusable unless you format and reinstall everything.

So it’s up to you: if you want to make sure that your vostro 1710 battery last as long as possible and also give you the best ‘battery life’, then remove it from the laptop and use the charger. If not, then depending of your usage, you might expect to have to buy a new Dell T117C laptop battery every year or so….

A few last notes:

Even if not used at all, a battery while typically lose 10-15% of its capacity every year.

If you play a lot of games and it gets hot a lot; that will be much worst.

If you don’t want to use a laptop batteries canada for a long period, store it in a cool environment and at about 50% charge; storing a fully charged battery will also make it ‘go bad’ faster.