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Question

My Gateway laptop MD-8718u will not recognize a new battery?

by Jan 20, 2012 11:20PM PST

<span id="INSERTION_MARKER">My Gateway laptop MD-8718u will not recognize a new battery. It had been updated to Windows 7 and because of that update much of the


MD-8718u


software (like the camera) became out of date. I went into the BIOS setting and enabled the "recognize battery" command and upon turn-on it automatically becomes disabled. Gateway has a BIOS update for Windows 7. When I tried to install it, I received a "BIOS Unflashable" message or something like that. Being a integrated motherboard, the BIOS is probably soldered to it and difficult to replace. Can anyone tell me how to get my system to accept the new battery?

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Is the new battery from Gateway?
by Forum moderator Jan 21, 2012 1:45AM PST

Why I ask is because of those battery fires a few years ago, makers implemented systems to lock out third party batteries.
Bob

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No, the replacement was from Amazon.
by jjaunich Jan 22, 2012 1:37AM PST

It's a third party battery. I imagine that a Gateway battery is as much as the computer is worth. I checked and it's almost $80 compared to the $40 I spent on Amazon. May be worth the price. Thanks much Bob!

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There are 3 parts in play here.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 22, 2012 1:40AM PST

1. Battery
2. Charger
3. Motherboard.

At the top of the CNET Laptop Troubleshooting forum is a "Plugged in not charging" discussion that has some ideas.

The latest one is a hoot. They discovered that you had to not only put in the battery but put the battery lock bar over to the locked position.

Bob

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