Laptop not recognizing battery...

[chinchilla]

lol...

<-- too stupid to notice the laptop forum

 

[bacillus]

if there's a button on the side of the battery, press it & report back on what you see!

 

[chinchilla]

nope, no button

 

[kayaksurfer]

Battery might not be making proper electrical contact. scrape/sand/clean/bend(carefull!) the contacts and see what happens. They get oxidised/dirty with time.

Also, if more than 2-3 years old, might be time for a new battery.

 

[chinchilla]

Originally posted by: kayaksurfer
Battery might not be making proper electrical contact. scrape/sand/clean/bend(carefull!) the contacts and see what happens. They get oxidised/dirty with time.

Also, if more than 2-3 years old, might be time for a new battery.

The contacts are all pretty straight and clean, so I don't think that's the problem. I guess I'll see if someone at a computer repair shop will let me test it with one of their batteries or somethin