Laptop battery replacement in Cochrane

No. One flat quote for the job, agreed before we start, with nothing added afterwards for travel.

Yes, including out toward Highway 22 and along the river. Give us the address when you book so the window is realistic.

Often same day if you ring in the morning. Calling before noon gives you the best chance of a slot.

Sometimes a lot, sometimes very little, and you deserve to know which before you spend money. We test what the line is delivering, then what your Wi-Fi is doing with it. If the line is the limit we'll tell you that plainly instead of selling you a mesh kit that can't help.

Almost certainly. A swelling battery sits directly under the trackpad on most laptops and pushes it up. Stop charging the machine, don't press on the trackpad, and bring it in.

Yes, treat it that way. A swollen lithium cell can vent or catch fire, and pressure and heat make that more likely. Don't puncture it, don't leave it charging unattended, and don't use it on a bed or sofa.

We would rather you didn't. Prising a swollen cell out of a tight case is exactly how they get punctured, and most modern batteries are glued in as well as screwed. Bring it to us and it costs you very little more than the part.

Not in household waste and not in the recycling bin. We take the old one when we fit the new one and dispose of it properly, which is the easiest answer for you.

Batteries are rated in charge cycles rather than years, and a cycle is a full charge worth of use rather than one plug-in. A machine that mostly lives on a desk can be fine after five years. One carried everywhere daily can be finished in two.

Windows and macOS both report design capacity, current capacity and cycle count. We read those in the free check, because if the battery is healthy and something else is eating the charge, a new battery changes nothing.

Only one time in four, roughly. It can also be the charger, the charging port, or the charging circuit on the board. A failed charger cable is the most common cause and the cheapest to fix, so it's worth testing before replacing anything.

That's a battery that has stopped holding charge at all. It's usually straightforward to replace, and worth doing on any machine you want to carry anywhere.

A worn cell that can't maintain voltage under load. The percentage reading is based on an assumption about capacity the battery no longer has, so the machine drops out without warning.

Most are same-day when we have the part. Glued batteries in thin machines and Surface devices take longer because they need heat and patience to remove safely.

Yes, across MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. They are adhered rather than clipped in, so it's careful work, and swollen ones are common on older models.

You can, and we'll tell you what we think of it before fitting rather than after. A lot of very cheap cells are under-specified or missing protection circuitry, and that's a poor trade in something that lives on your lap.

Keep it cool, keep the vents clear, and if your laptop offers a charge limit setting and mostly stays plugged in, turn it on. Heat and sitting permanently at full charge are what age a cell fastest.

No. That advice is left over from an older battery chemistry and it does modern cells no favours. Regular deep discharges shorten their life rather than extending it.

It depends on the model, because batteries vary a lot between machines. You get one flat quote after the free check, before anything is done.

Yes, in-home across Calgary and the nearby towns for most models, or drop it at 303 Wentworth Row SW, open seven days. Glued batteries are bench work.