I would love some feedback on an old PII compaq laptop. Until recently it
worked great, but now it will not charge properly. It's a Compaq 7400 PII
366 running XP and the Compaq battery utility. It runs fine on the ac
adapter and it will run on the battery, but the battery will not charge
above 18%. If I let the battery discarge it will shutdown when it gets too
low, and will start to charge when I plug it in, but only to 18%. I have a
second matching 7400 and I have tried swapping batteries and ac adapter but
to no avail...what works fine in one armada does not work in this one. I
have read lots of info on the web about broken laptop power sockets and this
seems to be a possibility but I don't want to tear it apart while it is
still working except for the charging. Any tips or trouble shooting ideas
would be great!

Thanks in advance,

Cliff