asus eee pc battery issue

thanx for the attempt, but i'm afraid you answered a different question from the one i asked.

I don't think so. As a qualified electrical engineer I am quite familiar with batteries and chargers, and what can go wrong with them.

P.S. You did not really formulate a question. You simply said "Any ideas". I gave you an idea!

you're probably right,,let me retry the original question.

i own this slow as hell asus eee pc which i never use and it sits on my shelf unplugged. i picked it up one day and found that the battery was dead and would not charge. i bought a cheap battery on amazon as i didn't want to invest much money on this pc. i installed the new battery and without the pc being plugged in via the adapter i hit power on. the pc came on but shut itself down after around 5 seconds. i tried this multiple times. i the plugged in the pc. it came up but did not recognize the thenew battery as being installed,,thanx for your suggestions   

i own this slow as hell asus eee pc which i never use and it sits on my shelf unplugged. i picked it up one day and found that the battery was dead and would not charge. i bought a cheap battery on amazon as i didn't want to invest much money on this pc. i installed the new battery and without the pc being plugged in via the adapter i hit power on. the pc came on but shut itself down after around 5 seconds. i tried this multiple times. i the plugged in the pc. it came up but did not recognize the thenew battery as being installed,,thanx for your suggestions   

My suggestion is the same as before: That the battery new battery is not being charged. There is actually an easy way to find out. Touch the power pack after "charging" the new battery for half an hour. It should be quite warm.

It is also possible that the new battery is OK but that the charging circuit inside your laptop is defective. It would not charge the old battery and it won't charge the new battery. I had one of these a few months ago.

Bear in mind this is a Windows Support Forum, your problem is hardware and has nothing to with Windows.

However you have in part answered your own question. A "cheap battery on Amazon" is hardly going to be trustworthy in the 1st place. A major mistake to make is "I bought a **** so it cannot be that" as the highest failure rate is when it is new.

All batteries should be charged before use so your initial action of "without the PC being plugged in" was not appropriate. Yes most do have some charge and no I could not say doing what you did killed it but if the system cannot detect the battery it is most likely faulty. Leave it on charge for a day without turning on the computer as see if the batery will take a charge.

i received one reply but still have the problem,,as this asus is a pc i really don't use(just a backup), i haven't got back to the problem,,and additional replied would be appreciated,,

thanx everyone, especially the person who took the time to send the one reply.