laptop help

[Russ_16v]

Ok, as some of you will know, I'm useless with computers.

My laptop, a HP G61 (I think?!) is about 4 years old, and the battery died.

I bought a new one off Ebay which works fine, but a few days ago it just stopped charging,

I have tried both new and old battery, and it's the same, it doesn't charge.

I can use it by plugging it in the charger, but again the message that comes up when I move the mouse curser over the battery symbol is:

'1% available (plugged in, not charging)'

So I'm guessing I have an issue here, any ideas which way to go?

As said i'm useless so go easy please x

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Speak to Daniel ?

He's CS's tech guru IIRC.

 

[Russ_16v]

'Hit it with a hammer' probably won't help lol

 

[Carlv8415]

Did you buy the battery cheap?

 

[Russ_16v]

It was £40 mate, I'm not sure if that cheap for a battery or not lol

 

[Carlv8415]

It was £40 mate, I'm not sure if that cheap for a battery or not lol

I wouldn't of said that was a cheap one. Looking on eBay most of the batteries on there come with a warranty, didn't yours ?

 

[MRBILLYUK]

£40 isn't " cheap " , cheap for a battery , but that doesn't mean to say you haven't bought a cheap battery though , they usually cost about double that price for an original battery , yours is probably some cheap Chinese compatible at that price . From my experience the cheap batteries don't last long . I'm no expert on laptops and batteries , but from i understand is that leaving the mains power plugged in all the time the battery is in place kills it , also you used to cycle batteries from new . i.e. , discharge it / charge it a few times . This prolongs battery life . Someone might come along and say i'm talking a load of old b0llocks lol .

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Try this http://jeffreypalermo.com/blog/plugged-in-not-charging-windows-7-solution/