Laptop battery question?

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I have a dell inspiron 600m laptop, and the battery that went with it died. So i bought a new one, but all this one says all the time is that it is on 20% of battery power remaining. What should i do to get a full charge. Turn it off for a day, while charging it?...lease anything would help?

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First I'd drain it completely then do a full charge.
Then see what it says. If it says the same thing after two cycles
I'd take/send it back. When I got my last Battery, they said do 5 Drain/full charges!

And see this Post,
http://www.betaone.net/forum/thread-21964.html