Quote Originally Posted by freddy
the obvious thing to do , is check the battery,,,,m unplug the mains lead boot it up ,,,,press f* whatever ,,and just leave it on a bios screen ,,,,or even use a win 9x 2k xp cd and boot it up ,,,and see how long the battery lasts,


sounds like you NOW have a knackered battery ,,,


repord on the above ,,,if u can eliminate the battery ,,,,then ppl can assist.



freddy
as above ,,will you try ,,,outside of windows ,,,either the battery will run the machine or not????


take windows out of the equasion ,,,,m,,,,


freddy