OT: Weird Laptop Battery Problem

[Stephen]

On 11-10-06 11:29 AM, jim wrote:
>
>
>> I have seen UPS's that if drained and left will no longer power on.
>> Trickle Charging the batteries for a minute and then re-installing in
>> the UPS will revive the UPS.  I have only seen this on cheap ULTRA
>> (Powercom) UPS's.  Never an APC.
>>
>> It's as if the charging circuitry needs some small amount of juice from
>> the battery to engage.  Weird, but I've had it happen 3 or 4 times now.
>>
>> This of course has nothing to do with Lithium-ion batteries in laptops.
>> Sounds like a bad battery to me.
> Would anyone have a recommendation for where to buy laptop replacement
> batteries in TO.
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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I recommend http://laptopcentre.ca/index.php

These guys know their stuff and don't have the box store overhead.

Stephen

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