Question about Gateway MX7118 Notebook

Charging Led issues

For some reason every time i put in the battery the charging indicator and LED comes on without the Ac adapter. I believe a surge went through it, How the system works fine, only my customer wants the LED light for the charging system to go off.... It there anything i can do to make the lights go off.... Thanks alot and look forward to hearing from you. BLessings

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So, in other words, The system works fine with the AC adapter and battery installed. Have you tried a different battery? Ray CompuGuy44

Posted on Jun 21, 2007

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