Battery 0% Charging

[bentech]

Hi,

A client bought this replacement battery for her Lenovo G40. First time charging worked but on the second time, charging only showed 0%.
I've tried uninstalling the battery driver and did the freezing trick to no avail.

Any idea how to revive this battery?

 

[Krynn72]

Was it a $20 with free shipping on amazon type of battery? If so the best way to revive it is to throw it away and buy a real battery and be glad it didn't kill her computer.

 

[GTP]

I can't count the amount of "$12 - $30 eBay special" laptop batteries I've replaced.
Some last 3 months, others less than a day.

 

[NviGate Systems]

Cheap Chinese crap. I would bet that most of then use old cells and are not even the true capacity they are labelled with.

If you can find a place that sells refurbished batteries, those are decent as they replace the cells but the original OEK circuitry is left, which is often of higher quality than cheap knock offs.

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

Please post a screenshot of this battery in charging mode with BATExpert.

 

[Diggs]

You have slammed it in "hot" a few times right?

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

Which Emsisoft shows as containing RelevantKnowledge adware.

Try the "lite" installer or portable

 

[GTP]

Which Emsisoft shows as containing RelevantKnowledge adware.

Try the "lite" installer or portable

Why would I trust the "lite" installer or portable after this?
Surely, after having links to Amazon in RAMExpert, "adware" in BATExpert and who knows what else in your other offerings, all confidence and trust in you has, for me, now evaporated.

 

[HFultzjr]

Hi,

A client bought this replacement battery for her Lenovo G40. First time charging worked but on the second time, charging only showed 0%.
I've tried uninstalling the battery driver and did the freezing trick to no avail.

Any idea how to revive this battery?

Check with a know good charger.
If that doesn't work, replace the battery.

 

[allanc]

Check with a know good charger.
If that doesn't work, replace the battery.

Right.
I have a universal charger with various tips.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

Yeah don't trust ebay/amazon batteries. The prices are cheap sure, but I know there was a story on the news here recently where one from amazon caught fire.

 

[HFultzjr]

The only batteries I buy from Amazon are Anker Brand.
I've bought quite a few and only had to replace one under warranty with no hassels.
This was after it was used about 15 months.