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Battery Not Charging!

post #1 of 10
1/13/08 at 4:33pm
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Good Afternoon,

I own an HP Pavilion dv6409us laptop. It's about 4 months old.

The last time I used the computer was 3 weeks ago. The computer's battery was also empty. Today, when I turned it on, I saw that it doesn't want to charge.

It says: 1% available (plugged in, not charging). I replaced the battery, but it still doesn't want to charge. I also tried to calibrate while it's off, but it doesn't want to charge.

Please help me, where is the problem? I chatted with HP support, but they don't say anything.

I appreciate your responses.

Thanks you, Gery.
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post #2 of 10
1/13/08 at 4:43pm
Does the normal indicator light up? e.g. AC and Charging?

If everything works normally, it is possible the motherboard's charging ckts are toast.

-Mike
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post #3 of 10
1/13/08 at 5:10pm
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The battery light is flashing!
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post #4 of 10
1/13/08 at 11:39pm
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Originally Posted by gellert.varga View Post
I chatted with HP support, but they don't say anything..
Eh? I am not quite sure what you mean...you guys talked and they said nothing? As a 4 month old notebook, it is under warranty through HP! There need to be only two avenues of discussion: 1. It is something user-fixable...or 2. Where and how to send it in so that they may honor their warranty, and repair/replace it as needed.

My suspicions lie with avenue #2.

It could be either the battery, or within the notebook, but it is not likely that it will be something that you can repair/replace on your own (unfortunately).
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post #5 of 10
1/25/08 at 3:32am
Flash the BIOS.
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post #6 of 10
1/25/08 at 7:50am
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Originally Posted by bfriesezy View Post
Flash the BIOS.
how did u come to this "fatal" conclusion/recommendation?

cheers ...
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post #7 of 10
1/25/08 at 11:23am
B/C my laptop was doing the same thing until I flashed the BIOS. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...s=2093&lang=en PEACE
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post #8 of 10
1/25/08 at 1:13pm
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Originally Posted by bfriesezy View Post
B/C my laptop was doing the same thing until I flashed the BIOS. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...s=2093&lang=en PEACE
quoted from hp:
" Fixes
# Resolves intermittent issue where the scroll function for the internal touchpad does not function.
# Resolves issue that occurs with some battery packs where the battery cannot be charged if the battery capacity is empty. "

good head.up

cheers ...
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post #9 of 10
1/26/08 at 9:13pm
hp does have bios flashers for you to download...... ive used them myself....
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post #10 of 10
1/27/08 at 8:26am
Known issue on completely different hardware: On my RC car in early 90's the same did happen when dead flat cells were put into the charger. I had to give a little voltage kick into the battery (from car battery charger) to get the fine automatic charger to recognize the empty cells.
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