Laptop Problem... Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooo


Steve-O

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Ok, My laptop wont charge. I plug it in, It wont charge or come on :(

For some reason, you Cannot run it off the Mains Alone (It has to have the battery in with it) But I think the Battery is So Flat that its only outputting 0.09 Volts and the laptop just cant start charging it.

Anyone know of another way I can Charge the Battery up a little to get the LapTop to notice that its in??

I have tried warming the battery up etc :(

Thanks


---EDIT---

My Laptop is a Compaq Armada 1750
 
divadsci posted on Sep 28 2004 at 07:53 PM said:
In really could find this useful too. My one's in the same predicament. Someone please have a solution.

Ive asked on a hardware forum and emailed Compaq... Ill let you know if I get any info back


FORGOT TO SAY, MY LAPTOP IS A COMPAQ ARMADA 1750 (Might be old, but still good for makeing maps, playing games like Half Life etc :p
 
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You may be lucky:
I have a Gericom, and sometimes (although it's very rare... 2 times a year or so) my motherboard seems to crash.
I can't turn on the notebook then, neither with battery nor with a power adaptor.

But I can get it working again by removing all power sources (remove the battery and the power adaptor), wait a few seconds and putting the battery back again.

Maybe that'll work for you, too?
 
generalnmx posted on Sep 29 2004 at 12:21 AM said:
How old is the battery? They die eventually :(

Yeah - a year is a good life for full lenth life, and then it gradually drops off. Better to let it discharge every now and then and then totally recharge. Extends its life somewhat...
 
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Vimacs posted on Sep 28 2004 at 11:28 PM said:
had the same on my old notebook, open the battery pack and solder new batterys in

Might try that, but the battery held lots of charge before I flattened it :(

generalnmx posted on Sep 29 2004 at 12:21 AM said:
How old is the battery? They die eventually :(

No Idea, We got the LapTop for Free from a company about 1 - 2 years ago. so Im guessing the battery is 2 - 3 years old


EvilDragon posted on Sep 29 2004 at 01:45 AM said:
You may be lucky:
I have a Gericom, and sometimes (although it's very rare... 2 times a year or so) my motherboard seems to crash.
I can't turn on the notebook then, neither with battery nor with a power adaptor.

But I can get it working again by removing all power sources (remove the battery and the power adaptor), wait a few seconds and putting the battery back again.

Maybe that'll work for you, too?

Ive had the Battery out and the power adaptor out for almost 18 hours, Im gonna tyr it again in a minute :)

The night before it died, I had the laptop running for 1 hour + on battery power only.. So the battery holds a good charge still for its age.

DemonStar55 posted on Sep 28 2004 at 11:21 PM said:
I would say maybe try anohter battery, yours could be dead...

my friend also said you might have a "faulty switcher thingy"

I dont think its dead as it held a good charge the last time used.

It might be a faulty switcher thingy, but I dont know where I would get the parts to fix that :(
 
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Ok, I have Ripped the Battery open, and when Touched the tester directly onto the cells and it says 12.5 Volts.

Theres a Funny circuit board in the battery and I have no idea what that does :p
 
ok, Battery is on my RC Car Charger. lets hope it doesnt Explode :p hehe
 
damn them laptop battery makers :(

apparently some old laptop batteries were fitted with this thing that Kills / Disables the battery from being used after a certain amount of chargers or a certain amount of time :(
 
EvilDragon posted on Sep 29 2004 at 02:45 AM said:
You may be lucky:
I have a Gericom, and sometimes (although it's very rare... 2 times a year or so) my motherboard seems to crash.
I can't turn on the notebook then, neither with battery nor with a power adaptor.

But I can get it working again by removing all power sources (remove the battery and the power adaptor), wait a few seconds and putting the battery back again.

Maybe that'll work for you, too?

i dont have a lap top but i am having that exact same problem with my pc. its been like that for a couple weeks now.
 
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bringoutthegimp posted on Sep 29 2004 at 09:02 PM said:
EvilDragon posted on Sep 29 2004 at 02:45 AM said:
You may be lucky:
I have a Gericom, and sometimes (although it's very rare... 2 times a year or so) my motherboard seems to crash.
I can't turn on the notebook then, neither with battery nor with a power adaptor.

But I can get it working again by removing all power sources (remove the battery and the power adaptor), wait a few seconds and putting the battery back again.

Maybe that'll work for you, too?
i dont have a lap top but i am having that exact same problem with my pc. its been like that for a couple weeks now.

Yeaah, that's that damn ATX stuff. Needs power even when the computer is off and some boards simply crash.

I wanna have AT back!
 
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Steve-O posted on Sep 29 2004 at 01:26 PM said:
damn them laptop battery makers :(

apparently some old laptop batteries were fitted with this thing that Kills / Disables the battery from being used after a certain amount of chargers or a certain amount of time :(
I heard they did that to the old nintendo's from somewhere...
 
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the circut board is for charging and making the voltage stable.
did you try to mesure when there is something drawing power?
 
Vimacs posted on Sep 30 2004 at 01:59 AM said:
the circut board is for charging and making the voltage stable.
did you try to mesure when there is something drawing power?

How can I do that??? with a resistor???

please give more details on how to do that :D

thanks

charging the battery on my RC Charger and then putting it into my Laptop worked, but only for 2 mins. Thats because my RC Charger isnt designed to charge them batteries fully :p
 
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yes using a resistor is a way, just conenct something that draws a bit power while mesuring or you will get non accurate results
 
Vimacs posted on Sep 30 2004 at 10:54 AM said:
yes using a resistor is a way, just conenct something that draws a bit power while mesuring or you will get non accurate results


Which part of the battery do I connect it to?? The out side contacts? (Theres about 6 connector bits in the plug)
 
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I think the DC - DC Converter thing is the problem maybe..

The AC - DC Box is outputting voltage
 
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