The factory M700's had a lot of battery issues.( not just them - it was
battery technology at the time) I used to work the even though the
scale on the battery shows fully charged - it means only that it can
hold the voltage. Think of your car battery cranking - with a volt
meter, it might have 12v, but if the engine only can draw 1 amp - that
won't start the car - it needs to be able to give 20 amps of "cranking
ability".

CUSTOMER ADVISORY
Battery Troubleshooting Procedures
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport..._PH010403_CW01

It's pretty old now - not sure they'd help: especially since now it's
HP, but may be worth contacting them .
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html

All the manuals are online:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...SeriesId=96235

Here's the online Compaq forum:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/f...categoryId=274

Bobb


"Quaoar" wrote in message
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Eyvind Spangen wrote:
I have a Compaq Armada M700.
Went on vacation. When I arrived back home, it was dead. I did not
bring it with me.

Symptoms: The battery LED (amber) in front will blink 8 times with a
few seconds pause between each cycle. The hard drive LED over the
keyboard will glow very dim. It will not respond to any power buttons
etc. Behavior is the same with battery and AC connected, battery only
or AC only. I have tried two different AC adapters, and the LED
indicators on the battery indicates full.

Anybody experienced this? It looks a lot like the system board, but
the computer has only been sitting on my desk, so no impact damage.
The Compaq service manuals does not mention anything like this
symptoms..



Take this to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq where someone will know what
that battery code means.

Q