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    battery drained on laptop?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by blakeaf96, Aug 14, 2009.

  1. blakeaf96

    blakeaf96 Newbie

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    My mom's laptop is about 3 years old. It's a Gateway MT6705. She has plugged in the wrong charger for it several times, and now when I plug the correct charger in, the red light on the front just blinks. I finally got it to come on a couple of times, but the battery indicator icon in the taskbar said like 1% battery remaining and then 0% battery remaining. Could the battery be so drained that it will no longer charge? Could hooking the wrong charger up to it drain the battery? Is it the battery or the charger? I don't want to spend $80 on a battery and it not be whats wrong with it. Any help would be appreciated.
     
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    If its 3 years old then there is a good chance that the battery is fried (especially as you said your mother might have been using an incorrect charger, assuming it was an insufficently powered brick)

    But honestly with out having a meter hooked up to it i cant tell you with 100% certainity that the battery is the only issue.
     
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