I bought a new battery for my laptop but its not charging what could be problem?

Dell uses proprietary equipment. IF the laptop wont work when plugged in and it is the original Dell charger, you need to check the charger, if the charger wont work then the battery wont charge. Note that it might be the connection on the board inside the laptop especially if the cord got pulled on while plugged into the laptop.

1)How to disassemble a Gateway NV52, NV53
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When you first bought the laptop did you fully charge the battery for at least 20-24 hours before use? To ensure the lifespan of your laptop battery is long you will need to follow these easy steps:

1) Charge the battery at least 20 hours before use.
2) Completely drain battery power before you charge it again.
3) Try not to have the laptop battery plugged in if you re going to use AC directly from the wall socket.

You may need to purchase a new battery as this one's lifespan seems to have been reduced as it can only hold 52% charge. When you purchase another follow the above steps.

I have a new gateway laptop with windows 7 and today it said plugged in not charging 8%. I tried everything and nothing worked so I turned it off and unplugged it and took the battery out and put it back in and it started charging...hopefully this works.

discount laptop battery,here you may get your answer.

You probally have a dead motherboard port that charges the battery.

clean the battery charging terminal from your laptop battery compartment sure it will charge now.

Not at all. take battery and laptop to store for proper chack.

Good luck.

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The problem is with the battery. All Lithium batteries last for around 1000 charges or so. Since the laptop is 2-years old the battery needs to be replaced.
I Hope this solves your problem. Kindly Accept my solution.
Regards, Arjun

possible when the old AC adapter blew it took part of the power management circuit with it, This is the circuit that detects and charges the battery, I'm not sure whether this a seperate replaceable daughter card or whether it is part of the main motherboard. you will need to investigate this (or send it for a service)