Compal Battery Issue

My original battery was dying, so I looked hard and long for a new one. I found a replacement battery that supposedly worked with my laptop. I just got it in today, and heres an account of what happened.

I put it in, and the orange light comes on as if its charging. All good so far. Then, when I boot up windows, its asking to search for drivers for this new hardware. Im like...ok...so I click ok, and as its searching, it just shuts down. I dont mean shutting down windows, I mean completely cuts out, no power. So from then on, the orange light was blinking, and it wont charge.

Every time I have it in when I start windows, it will do the same thing. Driver search and cut out. But with some testing, I found out its also turning off even if its just sitting at the bios or at the login screen or anything, usually a few minute or two.

Im thinking its just plain incompatible, althought it sure seems like it SHOULD work (it fits, same voltage, same 7200 rating, ect. Can anyone offer any insight as to whats going on?

 

It seems like the battery is incompatible with your system.

Is this a Compal branded battery, or is this some ebay battery?

Check the voltage and output of your current battery, and check those values with the new non functioning battery. If the values are different they may not work properly. A lot of ebay sellers state that their batteries work with a wide range of laptops, but they are usually wrong. You are best off returning the battery and getting a Compal branded battery

K-TRON

 

Thanks K-Tron. Its just a simple replacment battery off of Ebay. So its not made just for my Compal. Its actually very hard to find a battery for my Compal HGL-30. Thanks for the help.

 

Replace it with a compatible battery, don't keep using it. I heard that the damages can be serious if using a wrong battery... Good luck with your search.