Averatec 6235 won't charge past 1 %

I replaced the battery with a new one. It won't charge past 1%. If a new battery gets very low on charge can it go bad? I have tried 2 chargers. If the laptop sits overnight, I get the steady orange light. Then when I boot Windows it says "plugged in charging" for a short time and then says "not charging. From then on, I get the blinking orange light. The battery should charge when the laptop is off if the AC adapter is plugged in so I don't blame Windows. I figure the charging circuit must be good if it does charge for a short time.

 

I had something like this happen with a "new" battery for an Averatec N2370 model, and it just never would charge. As you've already surmised, the problem isn't the computer itself, but the battery. I can't claim to be an expert on laptop batteries, but I believe that most (if not all) of the "new" replacement batteries you'll likely find for sale are actually quite old, in that they were manufactured at the time that the original laptop manufacture, and may have lost the ability to take and hold a charge -- or it may always have been a dud. Your only options are to exchange it if it's not too late, or have this one refurbished by one of those companies out there which do such things (opening the casing and replacing the cells).

David A. Reed