Hi I bought a power adapter and new battery for my notebook but now I have noticed that the indicator light for the charging of the battery doesn't stay on. So maybe my other battery is not dead like I thought. The light for the power of the notebook stays on(green) and is consistant but the one that indicates the battery is charging is red and goes off after a few seconds. Does this mean that there is a bad connection between power and battery? "The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama

Either there is a bad connection, or you could have bought the wrong type of battery/charger. Compare the new charger and battery with your old ones. There may be voltage or amperage differences. Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM Windows 98 SE

Check the connector that the adapter plugs into. Try and wiggle it to see if it's broken loose from the motherboard.

Is the replacement battery exactly the same type & make that came with this notebook, or is it just a comparable brand that you didn't purchase from Compaq? i_Xp/VistaUser

Also has to be the same technology. You can't normally use li-ion with a ni-cad system. My guess would be the onboard charging circuit is bad. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10

Ok tha battery that was in the machine says Compaq Computer Corp Series PPB003A 14.4V 4.0 AHr and the one i bought says Compaq Computer Corp Series PPB004C 14.8V 4.4AHr . Also the part numbers are different. I can't really tell of the inside of the machine is loose from the motherboard. If I wiggle then the red light activates sometimes. If I pull it in and out it activates too. There is also something odd in that the time the red light stays on is always the same. A matter of seconds. I purchased the battery on ebay as I couldn't afford to get it directly from Compaq. They at first sent me a battery that had a different name on it and it didn't fit inside the machine. It had one extra little bit to it at the end of the battery that stopped it fitting in place. I have had a lot of good experiences with compatibles and do understand that a lot of people haven't but this buyer sent out another battery as soon as I sent a picture of the differences int he batteries. Jefro-if the problem is what your saying is it fixable? I am going to give the laptop to my uncle who has a computer shop but as he is a pretty impatient guy it is alway better for me to do as much as possible first. "The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama

"If I wiggle then the red light activates sometimes. If I pull it in and out it activates too." That sure sounds like it's broken loose. It's a common problem due to constant inserting and removal of the power adapter plug. It 'could' be a simple job of resoldering it to the motherboard.