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Blueiz

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My laptop has had a dead battery for a year or so now. I decided to replace the battery because Im tired of being tethered to an AC outlet. To make a long story short, my laptop is not charging the battery. The new battery is identical to the old one that was in it. My laptop is an HP pavilion dv4000.

I have tried some of the troubleshooting through help and support and actually just got done with a live chat session of which my 5 year old was more help than that person. Anyone have any thoughts, things I can look for to see if something is wrong or need updates?

Blue
 
You would likely need a new power supply (internal) as they do go bad. (I am not referring to the AC Adapter) It is common to see them drop the ability to recharge a battery. Manufacturer usually doesn't matter- they all go at some point.
 
Blueiz said:
My laptop has had a dead battery for a year or so now. I decided to replace the battery because Im tired of being tethered to an AC outlet. To make a long story short, my laptop is not charging the battery. The new battery is identical to the old one that was in it. My laptop is an HP pavilion dv4000.

I have tried some of the troubleshooting through help and support and actually just got done with a live chat session of which my 5 year old was more help than that person. Anyone have any thoughts, things I can look for to see if something is wrong or need updates?

Blue
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imo here

how old is the pc?
how "up to date" is it?
how much is it going to cost you to fix the internal power supply? (if that is the only problem, I'm not saying thats not it but you never know)
how much is it worth it to you to get that fixed?

answer those 4 questions and then answer this final question

black friday is literally a month away should I just suck it up for another month and buy a new laptop for dirt cheap?
 
believe it or not HP has a Bios Flash that deals with Power schemes, and Charging..
I had to flash my DV6000...

check Hp.com for an update..
I would also make sure the contacts are clean as well..
 
I updated the bios, etc. Battery still wouldnt charge so I contacted the company i got the battery from and they are going to replace it.

BUT, that doesn't matter much now. My laptop now has an apparent short in it. It is unresponsive unless I press down on it to the left of the touch pad. I just returned home from ordering a new one. I should be able to pick it up tommorow. After I get the pertinant info off of this one Im going to send it for repair. Ill use it for a spare, and it will be a good one for my daughter.

Thanks everyone!
 
I was going to suggest that you clean the battery contacts as dead batteries tend to do nasty things like corrode contacts. Sounds like you have other issues...
 
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