[Addendum (June 21st, 2007): I noticed that this entry has been getting quite a bit of attention. I’d like to clarify that the blinking LED had this pattern: 3 amber flashes, followed by 1 green, and they just repeated that way; 3 amber, 1 green, 3 amber, 1 green, and so on. -End of addendum-] I can personally attest to that. I had my notebook’s battery replaced last year, a few months after the warranty had expired. That replacement set us back by some RM400. What was the problem, exactly? Here:

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Notice the icon in my taskbar? It says that my battery was charging (I had the AC adapter plugged in, and switched on). However, the amber (which appear reddish) LED kept blinking - meaning something was not right with the battery. How did this affect me? Well, the battery couldn’t be fully charged. On top of that, it could only power my notebook up to about an hour, before I needed plug in my AC adapter to continue using.
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