To run/boot CoreBookX without battery (disconnect battery)

Laptops CoreBook X
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  I will about to buy "CHUWI CoreBook X Intel Core i5-8259U" version.

However, I would like to know…

 Is it possible to run/boot this laptop without battery (disconnect battery)

and plug charger only ?

     Thank you so much.

PS : I heard some brand/model can not boot without battery.
I’m not sure that CoreBook X can or can’t.

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Hello, this operation is not recommended, there will be security risks, thank you

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I meant

"In terms of circuit design CoreBookX support to run/boot directly using power from the charger or not ?

If it supports. CoreBookX can boot without battery. It’s nothing about risks.
and I’m not talking about “recommendation” or not !!!

PS : Because Some brands/models are designed to use power from batteries only.
(Charger charge to battery and then laptop use power from battery respectively)

Thank you so much

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I did use my CoreBookX without battery for a while, because I had issues with the original battery (bat. swelling). I bought a replacement battery and removed the battery while waiting for the replacement, and it did work quite well, with a few issues, so two things I noticed:

  • the system would restart twice even before it would reach the the actual boot process, some weird bios check-up thing that would add a few seconds for a cold boot;
  • depending on which peripherals you would connect to it (e.g. keyboard and mouse was fine, but phone would draw too much power), and/or the amount of load the system would have to endure (screen brightness maxed out/gaming with GPU/video render) it would shut down eventually. TBH I never managed to run a game that would use the graphics card without the battery for over 1 minute (I guess GPU needs extra juice the provided power supply can’t deliver alone), but have used it for web, without issues for 2 months, while waiting for a replacement battery, it would stay on without a restart for days in a row.

So if you don’t push it too much, I think you can work on light to moderate workloads as for office / programming / web tasks. I am not really recommending it, I did it because my other option would be to buy another machine the same day, so I gave it a go and luckily my machine survived and is still in use as of today (now with a replacement battery), but do it at your own risk.

OBS: I have the Intel i5-7267U model (the previous one).

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Hey man! I just wanted to thank you for your post! I had a swollen battery but didn’t want to shell out 25$ USD (under warranty, mind you, AND living in Thailand, right next to China!) for a new battery that will likely exhibit the same issues in 6 months.

I removed the battery today but after booting the laptop, the screen remained blank. I panicked, thinking I must have shorted something by accident while disassembling. But after reading your post I waited a few minutes, and the boot process exhibited the same behaviour that you described.

So yeah, it takes about 1 minute to boot, or maybe a little bit more, but I don’t mind. I can still run it through the AC Adapter or a USB-C Charger (I have a 100W one). Thanks again for sharing your experience, I really appreciate it!

I run the laptop under Linux Arch and it works flawlessly. I downclock the CPU and disable the Turbo so the fan almost never spins. It is quite a nice piece of hardware, with the exception of the really crappy battery.

Shame on Chuwi for using such a crappy battery in their devices, and for charging exorbitant prices for shipping batteries under warranty though. This is terrible customer support and service. And shame on them for not having a page with all their hardware drivers. Always have to email them and wait for a reply with a link for downloading is seriously annoying and unprofessional. I really hope they improve with regards to their customer service.

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hello

thank you for your post.

My corebook has a i3-10110U CPU (so i think it is quite older).

The pad has a gap of about 2 mm with the top cover, so i guess it’s the same issue. I will remove the battery in the next weeks hoping it will not explode in the meantime lol

Do you recall which battery model you used for replacement?

Could you recommend any website?
thank you in advance!