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Microsoft Composite Battery Help

post #1 of 15
1/27/06 at 9:26pm
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Today I ran into some problems with my i6000 so I reinstalled Windows. After I got everything back to the way it was, I put in my battery and was surprised to see that nothing recognized my battery. NHC and the windows power management did not show a battery as being attached, however the battery was fully functional.

I looked in Device Manager and noticed "Microsoft Composite Battery", under "System Devices", had the yellow exclamation mark by it. I decided to uninstall it and was expecting it to reinstall on reboot but it did not. I believe this driver is the cause for the unrecognized battery issue.

How could I go about reinstalling this device if i have the file "compbatt.sys" ? I tried Add Hardware but there was no "Microsoft Composite Battery" entry...

Thanks.
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post #2 of 15
1/27/06 at 9:43pm
did you install the chipset for the lappy?
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post #3 of 15
1/27/06 at 10:00pm
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Just installed the chipset and nothing has changed.
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post #4 of 15
1/27/06 at 10:19pm
Try clicking the [ Update Driver ] button on the Properties | Driver tab and look for Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

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post #5 of 15
1/27/06 at 11:49pm
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Thanks a lot. I fixed the problem.

I uninstalled the "Microsoft AC Adapter" and "Microsoft ACPI-Complaint Control Method Battery." Then restarted with the battery in and it was recognized.
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post #6 of 15
1/28/06 at 1:00am
that was my next suggestion.

good to hear you fixed it on your own.
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post #7 of 15
1/28/06 at 4:08am
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Originally Posted by hypoh
Thanks a lot. I fixed the problem.

I uninstalled the "Microsoft AC Adapter" and "Microsoft ACPI-Complaint Control Method Battery." Then restarted with the battery in and it was recognized.


You meant you had "Microsoft AC Adapter" and "Microsoft ACPI-Complaint Control Method Battery" as well as "Microsoft Composite Battery" in your Device Manager?

So what do you have listed under your Device Manager now?
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post #8 of 15
1/28/06 at 10:03pm
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Originally Posted by Esquire


You meant you had "Microsoft AC Adapter" and "Microsoft ACPI-Complaint Control Method Battery" as well as "Microsoft Composite Battery" in your Device Manager?

So what do you have listed under your Device Manager now?
I had "Microsoft AC Adapter" and "Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery" in my Device Manager, but no "Microsoft Composite Battery." After uninstalling the first two and rebooting, "Microsoft Composite Battery" came back by itself.
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post #9 of 15
1/29/06 at 1:12am
Yes, the first two entries are what I have for my 6000 too.

Is "Microsoft Composite Battery" meant to be present?
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post #10 of 15
1/29/06 at 10:43pm
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Originally Posted by Esquire
Yes, the first two entries are what I have for my 6000 too.

Is "Microsoft Composite Battery" meant to be present?
I think it is supposed to be present. It is under the "System devices" group, not under "Batteries."
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post #11 of 15
1/29/06 at 11:19pm
Found it. Cheers!
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post #12 of 15
1/4/13 at 7:12pm

I thought you shouldn't delet them

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post #13 of 15
1/6/13 at 1:50pm
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post #14 of 15
2/9/13 at 9:49am

WIERD!!!!!!!!!!!   I also get that yellow-!  by my Microsoft Comp. battery.    NO problems in the past, dont USE the battery anyhow,,,,,,,,,perhaps just disconnect it for a while?

 

           Laptop surely has been ODD lately,,,,,,,,,,cannot get the wireless to stop starting up too,,,,,,,,thru Broadcam,,,,,,,,,,dont NEED wireless,,,,,,,,that BCMWLTRY.exe cannot get RID of, and takes ALOT of memory on Task Manager.

 

=========about to TRASH this XP laptop=============

 

                                                            help?

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post #15 of 15
2/9/13 at 2:08pm
Maybe just need a cleanup (defrag, chkdisk, normal updates). It that does not work try a clean installation after backing up your personal data

cheers ...
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