<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IlyaK @ Dec 20 2006, 09:11 PM) [snapback]272225[/snapback]</div>
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Dell Inspiron 3000 M200ST
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It will continue to work for a time, and then the battery will just stop one day. I can't prove it, but I believe Dell has been putting in little microchip timers clocking how many times the batt has been charged before a circuit cuts in to just stop it recharging altogether (forcing you to buy another Dell battery or replace the laptop). There's a bit on Google about it. I have an Inspiron 3200 that suffered from this. Inspiron 3xxx-series are some of the oldest.