Laptop battery, charging... but not holding a charge.

Nolascana

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I have an acer aspire and the charger works... but the battery just won't take any charge. The computer says it's charging but essentially it's just running itself till the power is removed.

It's never happened before and I have no idea what's wrong at the moment. I do have a spare battery from years ago that I should be able to refit but it's not that good...
 

No2rdame

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Go ahead and refit the old battery to see if it can hold a charge. If so then you know the battery you're currently having issues with is bad. If not, then you know it's got something to do with the computer.