Dell Latitude X300 battery

I recently purchased a used Dell Inspiron 6000 Laptop, but the battery
wouldn't kep a charge. M friend has an Inspiron (model unknown), and has 2
back up  batteries. He let me borrow one to see if it was the battery or the
laptop that wont charge. My laptop wont charge his Dell Latitude X300 battery . A warning screen
comes up that says battery can't be recognized. Is there a reason for this
and a waqy ariund it. I can't afford $200. for a new battery, Ijust spent all
I had to buy the laptop and get it running. Help.
| I recently purchased a used Dell Inspiron 6000 Laptop, but the battery
| wouldn't kep a charge. M friend has an Inspiron (model unknown), and has 2
| back up  batteries. He let me borrow one to see if it was the battery or the
| laptop that wont charge. My laptop wont charge his battery. A warning screen
| comes up that says battery can't be recognized. Is there a reason for this
| and a waqy ariund it. I can't afford $200. for a new battery, Ijust spent all
| I had to buy the laptop Dell Precision M6300 battery and get it running. Help.

Contact Dell.  There is NOTHING anyone can do for you here.
If you "recently purchased a used Dell Inspiron 6000" it is under warranty and it is
responsible for charging the battery.
The battery itself has only a one year warranty.
Welcome to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, where issues
surrounding Microsoft Windows XP (in particular - the Help and Support
feature found in Windows XP - although this meaning has long been lost for
this particular newsgroup) are discussed.

What you have is a hardware issue - nothing to do with Microsoft or Windows
XP.  It is a question you should ask Dell or give more detail to anyone who
might be willing to help you.

Not all Inspiron's use the same Dell Studio 1436 battery.  That's one fact.

Another would be that the message you refer to (about not recognizing the
battery) is likely only a warning that says that battery is either not meant
for this system OR is not an official Dell battery.

The last fact is that - as I said - this issue has nothing to do with
anything other than pure hardware - meaning your best path for support is
not in a group meant for the discussion of Windows XP (software.) ;-)

It could be the laptop cannot charge batteries anymore (that type of
hardware issue - the laptop doesn't send the right signals to allow this to
happen any longer) or it could be the original battery is just dead and the
borrowed ones are of the wrong type.

You might find a place like a "Batteries Plus" - where they specialize in
such things as replacement batteries and see what you can find... Like:

I have a Dell Inspiron 6000, and my battery finally got to the point
that it would only hold a charge long enough to more the power plug from
outlet to outlet, 2 minutes.    I bout a new one for $50+/- someplace.
But a 100% replacement model# for model#.    9 cell too.    Not the 6
cell.  It works great.

Also try the reverse, if the other guy will allow you to, take your
Dell Studio 15 battery to his machine and see if it charges.    If it does then the battery is good.   Look at power packs or the laptop itself then.   You
can swap power packs too to try to eliminate the defective part.   You
are lucky if he has a 6000, as this makes troubleshooting a breeze.

*But be warned* if its not 1 for 1 then you might blow something.   As
others have said, not every battery is the same.