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[puneye]

I have Packard Bell laptop running XP with 1 GB RAM, 1.4 GHz Processor, 50 GB HDD and DVD RW. I am facing problem with few days my battery is not charging. What are the causes behind it. Can anybody suggest me what to do with my laptop battery ?? Every suggestion will be great for me.

I can see battery bar but it is 0% and Previously it has 20% from there it didn't rise up then decrease to 0 % .

[rvalkass]

How old is your laptop? The performance of batteries, especially if not cared for correctly, can degrade fairly quickly. You probably will have seen, before this happened, that the battery would only charge up to 90% then stop. Then it might only reach 80%, 70%, etc. until eventually it won't hold any charge. That process can take anything from a couple of months to a few years, but is obviously worse the older the battery is.

If that is what has happened then your only choice is to buy a new battery. Depending on the age of your laptop, a new battery may well cost more than what the laptop is worth, so you might be better off buying a new laptop (although you probably won't be able to sell the old one if the battery doesn't work).

[puneye]

rvalkass, on Aug 10 2009, 08:41 AM, said:

How old is your laptop? The performance of batteries, especially if not cared for correctly, can degrade fairly quickly. You probably will have seen, before this happened, that the battery would only charge up to 90% then stop. Then it might only reach 80%, 70%, etc. until eventually it won't hold any charge. That process can take anything from a couple of months to a few years, but is obviously worse the older the battery is.

If that is what has happened then your only choice is to buy a new battery. Depending on the age of your laptop, a new battery may well cost more than what the laptop is worth, so you might be better off buying a new laptop (although you probably won't be able to sell the old one if the battery doesn't work).

Thanks for your suggestion. I think so that laptop used by my brother he didn't able to good care of it. I am going to check my laptop battery on computer repair center then try to buy new one or something else.

[rpgsearcherz]

I ran into the same issue with an old laptop of mine, only it shows "full" when it's not. You charge it to 100% and then within 3-4 mins it's back at 0% again.

To help keep the issue from recurring in the future, the first 2-3 charges need to be fully drained. More or less do this with the new battery/laptop:

1) Charge battery fully
2) Drain it FULLY - just leave the laptop on until it dies, then keep pressing power until it's fully dead
3) Charge again
4) Drain again
5) Repeat one last time

More or less batteries have internal "memory" that keeps track of how much energy they are able to hold. You need to train the memory in the beginning or else it will be less effective.

[ASHISHRANJAN]

try giving out to your service manager or if in warranty peroid then get it checked by some of the techinicans
have u tried changing the charger
to check wether the port is damaged or ur charger

[rpgsearcherz]

ASHISHRANJAN, on Aug 10 2009, 08:02 AM, said:

try giving out to your service manager or if in warranty peroid then get it checked by some of the techinicans
have u tried changing the charger
to check wether the port is damaged or ur charger

If it is showing the battery as being charged even a little then it isn't the charger.

An easier way to test whether or not the charger (and power supply) works is to remove the battery and plug the laptop into the wall to see if it turns on. If it does, both the charger and PSU are fine.

[akashi]

I have worse problem than yours. My PC doesn't recognize by batt anymore >_<.... Should i buy a new one..

[puneye]

rpgsearcherz, on Aug 10 2009, 11:50 AM, said:

I ran into the same issue with an old laptop of mine, only it shows "full" when it's not. You charge it to 100% and then within 3-4 mins it's back at 0% again.

To help keep the issue from recurring in the future, the first 2-3 charges need to be fully drained. More or less do this with the new battery/laptop:

1) Charge battery fully
2) Drain it FULLY - just leave the laptop on until it dies, then keep pressing power until it's fully dead
3) Charge again
4) Drain again
5) Repeat one last time

More or less batteries have internal "memory" that keeps track of how much energy they are able to hold. You need to train the memory in the beginning or else it will be less effective.

My case is not that. It shows always 0%. I found my laptops is Easynote MV35-202, 2006 -2005 series.
you can check it out here details: http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/?m=...sn=753704810238
My laptop runs smoothly without battery i.e. joining directly to electricity but nothing will happen when I put battery inside laptop. I tested few times without direct line it shows low battery but no shut down of laptop.
The main problem is battery doesn't rise from 0% . Any other ideas to charge battery ?

[rpgsearcherz]

akashi, on Aug 10 2009, 08:28 PM, said:

I have worse problem than yours. My PC doesn't recognize by batt anymore >_<.... Should i buy a new one..

If the PC doesn't recognize it, you run back into the issue of needing to figure out if your PSU is working. Only it's a little more involved.

The issues at this point are that it could be caused by one of three things:

1) Dead battery (obviously)
2) Dead PSU (plug it into the wall - if it turns on PSU is good)
3) Dead battery connectors in the laptop - maybe the battery isn't connecting properly

I've explained how to check the difference between the battery and PSU, but about checking the connectors I'm unsure...

puneye, on Aug 11 2009, 04:56 AM, said:

My case is not that. It shows always 0%. I found my laptops is Easynote MV35-202, 2006 -2005 series.
you can check it out here details: http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/?m=...sn=753704810238
My laptop runs smoothly without battery i.e. joining directly to electricity but nothing will happen when I put battery inside laptop. I tested few times without direct line it shows low battery but no shut down of laptop.
The main problem is battery doesn't rise from 0% . Any other ideas to charge battery ?

If it doesn't rise past 0% it is due to it being dead (as in unrevivable). There are only a certain amount of charges batteries can take before they go bad (~1000)

[serverph]

sometimes it could be cheaper to have your laptop battery repacked. check some local computer tech shops in your area to ask if they can repack your laptop battery and for how much. compare that to the price of a brand new battery for your laptop model.

repacking involves simply replacing the rechargeable batteries in its casing. do some research on this online to see how it works, but if you're not familiar with it, don't try doing it yourself.

just giving you options...