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Posted by matt.delvecchio on May 11, 2006, 11:10 am
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hello,
ive got an HP pavillion laptop. would be nice to know the model but i
forgot it at home.. but i can tell you the battery says "for Pavilion
ZT1000 AT1210, ZT, XZ Series", and mine is one of those.
couple years ago the original HP battery wore out, only kept a charge
for about 40 minutes. so i purchased a 3rd party replacement. it worked
for a year or so, then one day the laptop shut off as i was using it. i
discovered the 3rd-party battery was dead -- laptop only worked if
plugged in.
so i mail-ordered another replacement battery (googled my laptop, they
said this works for it; it is blue and appears identical to my
HP)...and this one is "dead" too, wont boot. so i put the original HP
batt back in, and guess what? it works.
so either i have a new dead battery on my hands, or my laptop ONLY
works w/ the original HP battery -- is that possible!??? i know the OS
can recognize the diff (HP Optimizer only works w/ hp batt), but i
wouldnt think the bios would care.
thoughts?
thanks,
matt
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Posted by matt.delvecchio on May 11, 2006, 11:13 am
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oh, i should add --
when charging the new 3rd-party replacement battery, the laptop's LCD
battery indicator (works even when powered off) says "11%", all the
time. fors hours & hours.
weird.
matt
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Posted by William P.N. Smith on May 11, 2006, 1:20 pm
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>couple years ago the original HP battery wore out, only kept a charge
>for about 40 minutes. so i purchased a 3rd party replacement. it worked
>for a year or so, then one day the laptop shut off as i was using it. i
>discovered the 3rd-party battery was dead -- laptop only worked if
>plugged in.
>
>so i mail-ordered another replacement battery (googled my laptop, they
>said this works for it; it is blue and appears identical to my
>HP)...and this one is "dead" too, wont boot. so i put the original HP
>batt back in, and guess what? it works.
Did you do a BIOS update anywhere in there? OEMs are getting very
touchy about third-party batteries, and are frequently refusing to
charge or operate from them due to liability concerns. [The one
aftermarket battery I ever bought was a complete disaster, and I'll
never do that again.]
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Posted by matt.delvecchio on May 11, 2006, 5:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Did you do a BIOS update anywhere in there? OEMs are getting very
> touchy about third-party batteries, and are frequently refusing to
hmm, no, i dont believe so... thats an interesting point, tho.
guess the only way to test my problem is to get another battery..
theres nothing near me so ill have to mail order another.. do i go
generic, or do i go HP tho.... sigh, probably OEM...
thanks,
matt
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Posted by Quaoar on May 11, 2006, 6:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options matt.delvecchio@shell.com wrote:
>> Did you do a BIOS update anywhere in there? OEMs are getting very
>> touchy about third-party batteries, and are frequently refusing to
>
> hmm, no, i dont believe so... thats an interesting point, tho.
>
> guess the only way to test my problem is to get another battery..
> theres nothing near me so ill have to mail order another.. do i go
> generic, or do i go HP tho.... sigh, probably OEM...
>
> thanks,
> matt
>
I've never done this, but you *might* enter BIOS setup and clear NVRAM
with the new battery installed. This could force the BIOS and Windows
to accept the new battery.
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