Dell Inspiron battery problem?

[Randy]

My old battery seem to die. It would not take a charge and was several years old, so I decided to replace it. The computer has always worked fine on the AC adapter.
The new battery came fully charged. When I started the computer, I immediately got a message that the battery level was critical and it should be charged. Both the BIOS and the power utility in Control Panel showed the battery as 0% and as charging with the AC cord connected.
I flashed the BIOS with no luck.
But now, the computer will not boot with the batter installed. If I insert the battery while the computer is running on AC, the mouse freezes.
I'm going to guess a bad charging circuit?


Randy