_kC_
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hi, wondering if anyone'sgot any ideas about my laptop battery/charging problem..
i have an evesham 2.66ghz/512mb ram laptop, which was working luvvvly until november of 2004... when the battery life started to really degrade.. then it just stopped charging.. the laptop still worked fine on the power supply so thats how i was using it, and just thougtht, oh well the battery must be screwed..
so few days ago i ordered a new battery for it which cost £140, whilst a bit steep, i thought it would be worthwile.
battery came today and i read the notes with it
"for safety reasons the batteries arnt fully charged for shipping, please fully charge before use"
so, i put the battery in, plugged in the charger.. light showed orange (charging) waited 4 hours still charging... so i switched on the laptop to look at the battery meter
92%
i thought woohoo nearly done..
shutdown laptop, left it for another hour.. still light showed orange.. switched on the laptop, it was still at 92% so obviously not charging at all..
left it again for another 2 hours on charge (laptop off) and the light turned fromorange to green (meaning fully charged) but the battery meter still said 92%
but when i switched on again, it was still at 92% but didnt say the battery state was still charging.
so i unplugged the power supply.. ran the battery for a couple of hours.. until it ran out of juice... put the charger backin, and nothing... totaly dead.
i cant see that the charger could be damaged, as the laptop still runs fine when plugged in. so what else could cause a laptop to not charge up?
gutted now because ive wasted £140 on a battery i realisenow,i didnt really need..
any ideas ?
cheers
i have an evesham 2.66ghz/512mb ram laptop, which was working luvvvly until november of 2004... when the battery life started to really degrade.. then it just stopped charging.. the laptop still worked fine on the power supply so thats how i was using it, and just thougtht, oh well the battery must be screwed..
so few days ago i ordered a new battery for it which cost £140, whilst a bit steep, i thought it would be worthwile.
battery came today and i read the notes with it
"for safety reasons the batteries arnt fully charged for shipping, please fully charge before use"
so, i put the battery in, plugged in the charger.. light showed orange (charging) waited 4 hours still charging... so i switched on the laptop to look at the battery meter
92%
i thought woohoo nearly done..
shutdown laptop, left it for another hour.. still light showed orange.. switched on the laptop, it was still at 92% so obviously not charging at all..
left it again for another 2 hours on charge (laptop off) and the light turned fromorange to green (meaning fully charged) but the battery meter still said 92%
but when i switched on again, it was still at 92% but didnt say the battery state was still charging.
so i unplugged the power supply.. ran the battery for a couple of hours.. until it ran out of juice... put the charger backin, and nothing... totaly dead.
i cant see that the charger could be damaged, as the laptop still runs fine when plugged in. so what else could cause a laptop to not charge up?
gutted now because ive wasted £140 on a battery i realisenow,i didnt really need..
any ideas ?
cheers