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Battery dead?
Hi, I recently inherited a Compaq LTE 5380 laptop (old I know but it
does the job I want it for), when I got it, the battery was charged to 100%. Great, lasted the full charge time OK. When I go to charge it now, it says "Battery 6%, Charging" - and doesn't move. The 6% charge doesn't have enough to turn the laptop on for more than a few seconds, then it's gone. I left the AC cord in overnight with the laptop off, and it got to 12%. Switched the laptop on with just battery, and it almost instantly went back down to 6%. Anyone have any tips/info on how to bring this battery back from the dead? I tried the Compaq battery calibration floppy, but it says the battery is "full", when the lappy guage hasn't moved, re-plug the battery in and it says "chargin"...."full" with the same outcome. Is this battery toast, because it seemed to hold a good charge when I got it? -- A word of warning about matrices -- each column must have the same number of elements in it. The world will end if you get this wrong. -- eqn user manual |
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