Compaq Armada M700 battery problem

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On 14 Jan 2005 02:57:25 -0800, mrjjohnson@hotmail.com (JJ) wrote:

>Bought a new (but not genuine Compaq) battery for my M700 on eBay.
>
>First thing I noticed when I opened the parcel was a strange odor. I
>put this down to the usual "new electronic component odor" if you see
>what I mean. I tried to charge it and the charge light came on. About
>an hour later the charge light turned off.
>
>However, it doesn't boot from the battery, and the charge light no
>longer comes on.
>
>There's also a buzzing noise when this battery is installed. Windows
>shows "no battery present"
>
>Is it more likely the battery is duff or did the "charging unit" of
>the laptop kill the battery? Sounds unlikely to be the latter, but is
>it possible? It's had a non-working battery in for a while and I used
>it plugged into the mains.
>
Had exactly the same symptoms on my m700 recently including the
buzzing noise and charging but no boot.

I also suspected a charging unit failure, but its now working again
with a replacement battery, so it sounds to me like ur battery is
faulty.