| "HillBillyBuddhist" wrote:
|
| > | > |I have a compaq presario 700. My battery is not working. The battery
is
| > | stuck on 98% and charging, but whenever the power cord gets
disconnected,
| > the
| > | computer completely shuts off. The battery itself is fine. When I
pull
| > it
| > | out, and press the button on it, it lights up to 100% meaning there is
| > juice
| > | in it. The problem is that the computer is not recognizing the
battery. I
| > | have turned the computer on without the battery. That didnt work.
Then I
| > | tried in safe mode, turning off the floppy hard drive, and
uninstalling
| > the
| > | ACPI power button, and that didnt work. What else can I try, short of
| > | reloading windows?
| > | Thanks
| >
| > This is undoubtedly a hardware problem. It could be with the internal
| > circuitry of the battery or with the laptop itself.
| >
| > It's certainly not a Windows problem as no portion of Windows is loaded
when
| > the computer is off. That is to say nothing in Windows would prevent it
from
| > "seeing" the battery when you attempt to turn the computer on, Windows
| > doesn't take over until after the computer has powered up and gone
through
| > it's "power on self test" routine.
| >
| > --
| > D
| >
| > I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
| > I was just trying to help.
| > Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
| > advice herein.
| > No warranty is expressed or implied.
| > Your mileage may vary.
| > See store for details.
| >
| > Remove shoes to E-mail.
| Have you considered that the battery doesn't have any intelligence. The
| intelligence lies in the computer.
|
| Your battery may be 'dead', when the power is plugged in, the voltage from
| the battery reads correctly and the PC thinks that it's on 'charge':
however
| it isn't getting a proper power reading. Unplugging and the 'shutdown'
| indicates no power in the battery and hence my conclusion that the battery
| may be dead.
|
| Have it checked out .
Actually Lithium Ion Laptop batteries are "intelligent" in that they have
their own internal circuitry.
Please see;
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030314081843218
"LiIon battery packs have an internal circuit to prevent overcharging (which
would cause them to overheat). There can be several functions for the
protection circuit, including shutting it down in case of over charging,
when the voltage drops to a predefined level, or if it thinks the battery is
otherwise damaged.
Problems with the power circuit can cause a "good" battery to shut down."
That the OP gets good voltage indicators with the battery out of the laptop
indicates that the battery is not "dead." A faulty battery may however still
be the cause of the problem as I originally stated.
