This is just a quick reminder knot with some links to information about refreshing cells in laptop batteries.
IBM Thinkpad Battery Re-Celling Battery Rebuild Tutorial: https://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=121516
Project result report: Re-celling 8-cell X6x (non-tablet) battery: https://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=124273
SMBusb – Open-source USB SMBus interface: http://www.karosium.com/p/smbusb.html
The weird fuses in laptop batteries: http://www.karosium.com/2016/09/the-weird-fuses-in-laptop-batteries.html
Hacking the bq8030 with SANYO firmware: http://www.karosium.com/2016/08/hacking-bq8030-with-sanyo-firmware.html?m=1