"Mark" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote in message
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My laptop battery died suddenly, so I measured the voltage which was
zero,
Curious, nothing to lose I took the case apart and found the black
component
arrowed
http://i29.tinypic.com/j9acrd.jpg

Looks like http://www.sensata.com/products/controls/battery-mm.htm

however it says auto reset.. could still be faulty though.


Thanks that's useful but they don't seem to have a UK distributor




http://airpax.sensata.com/site/conta...pe/uk_csr.html