Vista and 2nd laptop batter

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richpit

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I have an HP nc6230 laptop. I purchased the external 8-cell "travel battery". Once simply installed (clicked onto the bottom), it looks OK. BUT, I can't get Vista to recognize that the 2nd battery is installed.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks.
 
the batttery itself could be faulty, i have never owned a laptop but does the battery show up in the device manager?
 
Well, if the battery is charged, it is completely possible that Vista just doesn't recognize it. That happens a lot :)

Enter the Setup when the computer starts and go into the BIOS and see if it shows up there. If it does, then it's just Vista screwing up.
 
Thanks for the responses. It seems to have resolved itself. I did nothing besides shut down and bring the laptop home for the evening. The next morning at work, it all showed up fine.
 
HPaq just recently released a BIOS update for notebooks that think they have dead batteries. Might fix your problem if it ever comes back.
 
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