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<as Gateway is now 'gone' (or now 'ACER')> ...website links now to ACER's site - but, so far Battery #2 is working fine as I DID NOT DO THE 'LEARNING' thing on the bios menu for it. Indicator on the battery shows all four green lights (100%). Boots up with red for a minute as it charges to 100%...

the 'Smart Battery Auto-Learning Rev. 1.20' thing from the bios 'learning' enabled' menu may need upgrading?

battery #1 was a 'gateway' battery and did the same thing years ago - #2 and #3 are 'replacement batteries' <as Gateway is now 'gone' (or now 'ACER')> battery #1 (Gateway) will do the learn thing, but out of it's 5200mAh it maxes at only 580mAh now (probably dead cell or two). It will charge...

STILL - one to explore further, I then switched battery #2 to the older-n-heck battery #1 - now ITS CHARGING!!!!!!!!!!! However it does say 'Consider replacing your battery' on the windows charging icon (that battery #1 that came with the used laptop 'died' over two years ago ... still, charged ;-)

OK - so took out newest deader-n-heck battery (battery #3) and plugged-in previous battery (battery #2) while laptop was hibernating just for reaching for straws (w/o going thru bios menu battery 'learning')... well, darn if it stayed charging (laptop indicator red) and went from 0% up to 100%...

My Gateway E-475Mt laptop has a battery (3rd one so far) that I can install a new one, get the thing to 'learn' the battery (charges, discharges, then recharges thru bios menu) and will indicate 'fully charged'. BUT, after a few months the battery discharges fully - yet the laptop says 'fully...