is my battery dead?

This is just started. Unplug a/c and computer shuts off. says its fully charged. no light on battery. I never removed it before, always kept it in and when I unplugged, it worked fine.. till now. I assume it is dead?? agree?

I have Bestbuy 3 protection that ended just days ago

what is the best way to get a replacement now? ebay? any suggested sites?

I have a Gateway laptop, model MT6840 bought july 07.


Thanks!!

 

Battery problem

Missy77,
Batteries do not like being kept fully charged all the time. They can get a memory, or lose capacity. If it is not drawing current on charge because of this, the computer may think it is fully charged. To get maximum life from a battery it needs to be charged and discharged on a regular basis. Every week or so, disconnect your ac adaptor and run the battery down to nearly flat, then put it back on the charger. This will give u max life from the battery. I don't know where u are located, so I cannot advise where to get a new battery from. Just don't buy a second hand one from Ebay. There should be heaps of online stores that would have new one's in stock.

 

Thanks! Can you tell me where my run command is on Vista...

 

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-happened-to-the-Run-command