I usually use it plugged in, but it would sometimes be nice not to
 have to. When the PC first arrived, positioning the cursor over the
 battery icon in the system tray would produce the message "No battery
 detected". Since it was a refurb, I was only a little disappointed to
 think that it had come without a battery installed -- I hunted on eBay
 and found an aftermarket battery for this model....
 I was surprised to find, when I went to install my new battery, that
 there was in fact something installed in the battery socket, something
 labelled as if it were a battery. I assumed it was
 defective/non-working, removed it and installed my replacement. Sure
 enough, the message no longer says "No battery detected"...
 Instead, it correctly reports that the machine is "plugged in" and
 "charging". But the available battery power never varies from "0%", and
 when I unplug it, the machine won't power on. Is my replacement battery
 also defective, but in a different way? Or is there some problem with
 the recharge circuit in the laptop? Or is there some other problem, and
 how might I fix it?
 The machine is pleasantly powerful, if a little heavy, but most places
 where I want to use a computer and have AC power available, I also have
 access to an even more powerful desktop computer. So mobility is he main
 thing this machine has going for it -- or is supposed to...
 
 David Gillett

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