Laptop Problem... Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooo

[Steve-O]

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]

In really could find this useful too. My one's in the same predicament. Someone please have a solution.

 

[Steve-O]

In really could find this useful too. My one's in the same predicament. Someone please have a solution.

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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

 

[DemonStar55]

I would say maybe try anohter battery, yours could be dead...

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

 

[Vimacs]

had the same on my old notebook, open the battery pack and solder new batterys in

 

[generalnmx]

How old is the battery? They die eventually

 

[EvilDragon]

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?

 

[Axeman]

How old is the battery? They die eventually

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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...

 

[Steve-O]

had the same on my old notebook, open the battery pack and solder new batterys in

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

How old is the battery? They die eventually

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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

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?

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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.

I would say maybe try anohter battery, yours could be dead...

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

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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

 

[Steve-O]

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

 

[Steve-O]

ok, Battery is on my RC Car Charger. lets hope it doesnt Explode hehe

 

[Steve-O]

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

 

[bringoutthegimp]

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?

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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.

 

[EvilDragon]

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?

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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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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!

 

[DemonStar55]

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

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I heard they did that to the old nintendo's from somewhere...

 

[Vimacs]

the circut board is for charging and making the voltage stable.
did you try to mesure when there is something drawing power?

 

[Steve-O]

the circut board is for charging and making the voltage stable.
did you try to mesure when there is something drawing power?

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

please give more details on how to do that

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

 

[Vimacs]

yes using a resistor is a way, just conenct something that draws a bit power while mesuring or you will get non accurate results

 

[Steve-O]

yes using a resistor is a way, just conenct something that draws a bit power while mesuring or you will get non accurate results

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Which part of the battery do I connect it to?? The out side contacts? (Theres about 6 connector bits in the plug)

 

[Steve-O]

I think the DC - DC Converter thing is the problem maybe..

The AC - DC Box is outputting voltage