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Old 18-01-2007, 08:06 PM   #1
glenneaux
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Default SE Melb - Chasing a compaq laptop battery - need to test a laptop...

ey guys,

I've got a Compaq NX9030 laptop and i suspect the battery has **** itself (reports fully charged but laptop wont run on it, only mains..) and rather than blow $80 on a battery and possibly find its not the problem i'd rather try and test it with someone elses.

This would be a case of insert battery.. press power button.. laptop either turns on or doesnt.. remove battery - fini.

this is the laptop it takes: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Battery-for-H...QQcmdZViewItem

(that ebay listing also has a list of laptops that use that battery..)

Now i'm in Beaumaris so south eastern suburbs of melbourne would be great... icon_smile.gif

But yeah, if anyone could do me a favour and let me use their laptop battery for 5min it would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks !

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Old 18-01-2007, 09:29 PM   #2
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Had a similar sort of thing with my NEC laptop. Wouldn't turn on using the battery, only mains. In the end, it packed it in and cost me close to $1,000 to get it fixed as I had to replace the mainboard on it. The battery was fine, and still is.
Maybe putting a multimeter to it might tell you whether or not the battery is stuffed.
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