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>>>I have a Gateway 9300 notebook which has been running >>>on AC without the main battery for about two years >>>until recently when it suddenly refused to respond to >>>switchon. No signs of life at all. There is still 19V >>>at the DC input connector. >>> >>>I have found that the 3.6V Ni-Mh rechargeable battery >>>appears to have failed i.e. it is delivering only >>>1.3V. The manual suggests that this battery is there >>>to allow changeover of the main battery in the middle >>>of a session if that goes flat (which is irrelevant >in >>>my case on AC). I'm unsure in the 9300 if it has any >>>other role i.e BIOS/setup memory as per a PC as the >>>BIOS memory is described as "flash" type. >>> >>>Has anybody any suggestions including whether the >>>failure of the 3.6V battery would produce the "dead" >>>symptom? I know - I can replace the battery (at a >>>cost) on spec but... >> >>The best way to clear this type of problem (which >>seems common to Gateway notebooks) is to do the >>following. Remove the battery, memory, and all >>peripherals from the system. In addition remove the >>hard drive which is located beneath a peripheral. Let >>the system stay completely unpowered like this for at >>least overnight. Reassemble the system and it should >>boot.

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