I have an advent 7083 and the power supply went,,So i bought a new charger it booted the laptop up but was not charging the battrey,, So i thought it was that the charger was powerfull enough to power up the laptop but not to charge the battrey ? So i took it to the pc workshop were i took bought the charger and they tested a few other chargers init and said it was the battrey,,,So i bought a battrey off the internet and it is doin exaclay the same thing as before but when i first put it in it shown it as 99% charged,,, could it be the the cuircit thing inside the lappy that has gone as when the old charger went it did blow i think....

Are these parts (charge and battery) OEM? That is where I would personally go for - OEM replacements.

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The battery is but the charger is a universal notebook charger

I would get an OEM charger, having too many bad experiences with the universal one myself.

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cheers for the reply.....Could that be the problem ? The universal charger seem ok it is a fixed one... not the one were can change them if you get me..I had a universal charger before and that charged the battery fine but...When my mate was on the laptop the fuse inside the charger blew when i took it out the battery had 100% battery and was fine but from then on i got a charger and it would not charge the battery,,,so could it to be with battery cuircit ?

Could it be that the + and - are the wrong way on my charger.... mine is + to the inner pin and - to outer...does anybody know what it is on the official one i have had a look at an avdent 9011 i think it was and that was the otherway round - to inner and + to the outer i dont know if it is the same though
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http://www.usa-battery.com/20v-325a-...er-p-3974.html

You can get the true specs here.

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Yeah i was looking on that page before but i doesn't say anythin about the + - and it seem a bit blury on the pic
Thanks for the reply

Most, if not all notebook ac adapters have + inner and - outer. I would try an OEM if I am in your position, just to eliminate the adapter issue.

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Will i not be able to flash the bios to sort this problem out, People with diffrent laptops have dont this and seem to be working now....But how will i find out what make the laptop is...

I have tried an official charger and it does exacltly the same thing as the unofficial one.
I have found out what rebadge notebook it is, Same as this one
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Pro...nuID=1&LanID=8
Do any of you guys know what this could be.. I have had a new charger and a new battery, Could flashing the bio work ?
Or do you think is now the charging cuircit, If it is has anyone seen any tuts on how to fix it ?
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You might want to post (open a thread if needed be) here

http://www.notebookforums.com/forum365.html

Patrick can very well answer your queries on specific batteries issues. I don't think that flashing a BIOS would help much in the circuitry area.

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Thanks..

Good lucks. Give us a feedback when you have a chance.

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