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> Hi and thanks for reading this.
> I brought my son a tiny E2400 notebook in november 2004, A few weeks ago
> the battery/notebook was playing up saying that it was then not charging,
> sitting at 63% charged, and now the thing wont run on battery at all, I
> went to the shop where brought from today but was told as you did not
> take out the gold plus warranty for 79 quid plus 4.99 a month, you will
> have to call the premium rate helpline at Ł1 a min
> thanks tiny/ the computer shop,
> I called the customer services and was told that as i have unit for more
> than 30 days I have to do the same.
>
> So.... does anyone have any ideas to what is the main cause of the
> problem? battery or notebook charging circuit?
>
> thanks in advance and i can say that this is the last tiny pc i buy.
> Bob

> Bob G0KYF wrote:
>
>> Hi and thanks for reading this.
>> I brought my son a tiny E2400 notebook in november 2004, A few weeks ago
>> the battery/notebook was playing up saying that it was then not charging,
>> sitting at 63% charged, and now the thing wont run on battery at all, I
>> went to the shop where brought from today but was told as you did not
>> take out the gold plus warranty for 79 quid plus 4.99 a month, you will
>> have to call the premium rate helpline at Ł1 a min
>> thanks tiny/ the computer shop,
>> I called the customer services and was told that as i have unit for more
>> than 30 days I have to do the same.
>>
>> So.... does anyone have any ideas to what is the main cause of the
>> problem? battery or notebook charging circuit?
>>
>> thanks in advance and i can say that this is the last tiny pc i buy.
>> Bob
>
> try reading
> http://www.surfbaud.co.uk/knowledgebase/liondiagnostic.html
> and see if it helps, dont do anything though as nov 2004 is only 4
> months
> ago so you are well well well within even the most minimalistic warranty
> and you dont want to mess that up.
>
> yes, I have a vested / commercial interest in batteries, but seeing as I
> dont do your type I dont have a vested interest one way or another in
> your case.
>
> hth etc
>
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>

> Hi and thanks for reading this.
> I brought my son a tiny E2400 notebook in november 2004, A few weeks ago
> the battery/notebook was playing up saying that it was then not charging,
> sitting at 63% charged, and now the thing wont run on battery at all, I
> went to the shop where brought from today but was told as you did not
> take out the gold plus warranty for 79 quid plus 4.99 a month, you will
> have to call the premium rate helpline at Ł1 a min