Jul/090
9 Cell Acer Aspire One battery extended Life
Not happy with the standard 3 or 6 cell acer aspire one batteries that come with most Acer Aspire One laptops? You can find a 9-cell acer aspire one battery on diggingshop.com.The replacement 9-cell acer aspire 1 battery only pay for:$ 79.91.The replacement battery is cheaper than anything you can find from the computer manufacturer — and Acer doesn’t even make a 9 cell battery.
Tired of only getting 3h of battery life on your Aspire One? buy the 7200mah 9-cell aspire one battery that could last up to 6-9 hours!!
As you can see on the picture it is really big and ugly, but looks Isn’t everything.
The only down side is that the acer laptop battery is significantly larger and heavier than the standard Aspire One battery. Check out the picture after the break to see just how much bigger.
Jul/091
HP Pavillion dv9000 – won’t power up
HP Pavillion dv9000 – won’t power up
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Q:”Just got a HP DV9000. Out the box, it won’t start. AC lights come on, the hard drive makes a little thump-noise, and everything shuts off for a few seconds, then it tries to start again, fails… If I try to turn off the computer (by holding the power button down for 5 seconds) it doesn’t shut off the computer(hp dv9000 battery). I’m so mad that I just got the damned thing, and it’s already a useless, blinking slab of aluminum. Should I return this thing, get a Dell… or spring for a Mac? I’ve got a little Dell Inspiron 2200, and it’s like the little engine that could… just keeps chugging along faithfully. I want to throw this beautiful piece of **** against the wall and sue anyone who tries to console me! The Amazon dealer I bought it from tells me to jiggle the RAM sticks and see if that helps, but I don’t want to end up with a high-maintenance laptop that I have to continually jiggle, adhere duct tape to, or otherwise rig just to get it to work! I need a hug right now…”
Best Solution
Same experience, DV9060. Called HP, they tried having me do the reset by unplugging and removing battery then holding power button for 45 seconds to release static charge. Hitting power again showed same result(hp dv9000 battery). Holding F10 at startup did not bring up the BIOS screen so I was told it would require a motherboard replacement.
Waiting now for call about warranty approval, then for them to send me a package to mail it for service.
Solution #2
Stannis was completely right about this issue and there being an extended warranty on the hp dv9000, there are multiple other machines that are also affected by this, so if you are having these kind of issues, bring up his link and call hp, I expected to get the run around, but the HP support was quick to help me once I brought up the extended warranty from thier website. The first tech I talked to the other day said that I would have to pay about 500 for the repair and new motherboard, but the guy I spoke with today said they will just put in a new motherboard and send it back free of charge…including shipping both ways…Awesome link Stannis! Saved me some cash…just wish I would have found it before I bought a new laptop! No biggy kids can use it I guess…
Solution #3
This is a known problem by HP. Read here: Free Warranty Service for dv6000/dv9000 notebooks
I have two notebooks to send in. The reason specified on their service ticket reads: “Failure : APOLLO AND ATLANTIS MOTHERBOARD ISSUE”
The free replacement extends 24 months AFTER your original warranty.
My hp dv9000 laptop wouldnt start, then I got it to start, then the wireless was missing, then it wouldn’t start again.
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Jul/092
Dell XPS M1530 battery won’t charge, plugged in.
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Dell XPS M1530’s battery won’t charge, plugged in.
Q:
“My Dell XPS M1530 battery won’t charge, all of a sudden. It says “0% available (plugged in, not charging). When I boot it up and enter setup (F2 at the DELL spash screen), it doesn’t recognise my adapter (D series, the very same one supplied with the laptop), and mentions that my “dell xps m1530 battery has experienced a permanent failure and needs to be replaced”.
I get no error message while booting normally either, simply the “0%” icon in the task tray in Vista. The xps m1530 battery status LED on the front of the laptop is flashing red, as if to say the battery is simply undercharged.. but the battery just won’t charge! I’ve left my laptop off and plugged in for 2 days, and it hasn’t charged the laptop battery.
It turns on just fine with the AC adapter plugged in and battery removed, the same with the battery installed. I’ve checked all the contacts on the battery and adapter, they are clean and not broken. I don’t have any other adapters or laptops to test with.. when I run the self help diagnostic tool (in the Dell Support Center), it just turns my laptop off. ”
Best Solution
I’ve seen this type of thing happen when the AC adapter was bad. Try purchasing another adapter and see if that works. It doesn’t have to be a DELL. It just has to be the same DC volts and AMPS. That is shown on the back of the adapter.
Don’t go plugging your adapter into another laptop (like some people might suggest). If it is the wrong amperage or DC volts you can damage the laptop! Someone with 10 years experience ought to know that.
Solution 2#
AC Adaptors do go bad sometimes. With the computer OFF, plug it in for an hour, then check Control Panel:Power Options: Power Meter to see if the battery for dell xps m1530 is charged. (If the charger is not supplying the proper wattage, it may run the computer but not charge it.)
If you have access to a similar computer, try your charger on the other computer, and the other computer’s adaptor on yours. You may have a malfunction in the charging circuit which should be covered by your Dell Warranty.
I like to use the Control Panel Power Meter because you can plug and plug the adaptor and see what the computer is seeing.
Spare 9-cell dell xps m1530 battery 
rice: $ 87.89
Jul/092
HP DV6000 Battery Charging Problems and Solutions
Problems :
HP DV6000 battery gauge says “6% available (plugged in, not charging)”
followed these steps:
(1) have AC power adaptor connected and Vista running
(2) remove hp pavilion dv6000 battery
(3) reconnect battery
now says “6% available (plugged in, charging)”
a few minutes later, it says
“100% available (plugged in, charging)”
then a minute later it says
“6% available (plugged in, charging)”
Best Solution
Reinstalling the power management software has just fixed it for me, i have a dv6552. Go to device manager and under batteries, unistall the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery. Go to Actions on the menu bar and select ’scan for hardware changes’. It will reinstall it and hopefully start charging immediately (mine did anyway).
Solution #2
DC JACK Issue
1: one side of the DC ground is not conntected to the rest of the system, so no circuit is complete to the charging section.
CHARGING Circuit issue
2: bad power controller chip (MAXIM IC) or zener diode in that circuit, maybe bad
Solution #3
Any one with a HP Pavillion 6000 series, who is having certain tech difficulties should go to HP page and search for extended service warranties to see if your system qualifies. I had an issue with my wireless driver and all I had do was to first turn your system completly OFF, then remove the laptop battery, then remove the middle cover (underneath Lap Top) and then remove the wireless card. (You will see it connected to two small cables) remove the cables and the small screws and remove the card and then reinserted the card and close the cover -do remember where the two cables go- . Then turn on your system, -do not put the hp dv6000 battery yet- and go to control panel/ device manager/ look for network adaptor, and see if you see your lan card, once this is done reconnect your battery. If you don’t then contact HP they will fix it for free, even if your warranty expire. They will even pick up your postage!.
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