Upgrade Problem

Thank you simrick,

I already ordered a new battery.

/I'm not going troubleshoot this problem anymore until it comes.

Will it work without the battery? I'm about to find out.


Thank you mrgeek,

That picture looks the same except mine had Windows 8.1 15.6" and model C55-B5302

Don Cole

"I'm not going troubleshoot this problem anymore until it comes. ... Will it work without the battery? I'm about to find out."

Absolutely ! I put the battery into my HP only when I'm using it outside the home or when I'm doing a major upgrade, in case the power goes out (which it has never done). I gave an old XP Toshiba to a relative and it's been running on power cord only for 5 yrs, since the battery cost too much relative to a new laptop.

So the I run my laptop with power cord, maybe 95% of it's usage time. We should be glad that the battery is easily removable in our computers. I bought a cheap ASUS with Windows 10 for an in-law and, like a lot of new models, has an internal battery only that you have to take the laptop apart to replace. I'm waiting to see how long it lasts, hopefully long enough for something better to come out that would incentivize me not to do that and hope that the keyboard and everything else works after I buy a battery and put the time into it.

EDIT; "Thank you mrgeek, That picture looks the same except mine had Windows 8.1 15.6" and model C55-B5302"

Oh, oh. I'm reading from this - Toshiba Satellite C55-B5302, 15.6 Laptop, 229$
that neither the RAM or battery are user replaceable which doesn't mean that you can't do it yourself but you'd have to bone up on youtube video on what obstacles you might encounter.

the Satellite C55-B5302 has built-in Wi-Fi®, 3 USB ports (1 being 3.0), HDMI, Ethernet, RGB port, card reader, and an HD webcam and mic. This laptop comes with 4gb of DDR3 ram, 500gb hard drive, and a 4 cell/32Wh battery. Both the battery and the ram are not user replaceable.

Thanks, simrick but these folks are now so used to using it on their desk that they think of it as a small PC tower with an attached keyboard and lid and no box.

I just checked your link and, no surprise, they only have a power adapter, no battery. I think I bought that way back in '03 or so. It was a big investment at the time, with Media Center which I actually used as a DVR before such things came out from cable services. Gave me a lot of yrs of service and a lot of hands on experience upgrading RAM and replace HDD once. And it STILL works though on XP SP3.