Battery problems with Hp Compaq CQ60

So I inherited my sisters HP comapaq cq60 307-SA so that i have a laptop to take to university, but it has a lot of issues when it comes to battery.
Sometimes the battery works fine, I charge it to 100%, and leave it to discharge, which it seems to do normally. However sometimes, even after a few minutes, the battery completely cuts out at any charge. When I plug into AC and turn the laptop back on, it will say 0% avaliable (plugged in, not charging), despite how much charge it had before cutting out. If I try a few times, the battery will eventually start to charge, but then the cycle begins again.
Please help, I have tried replacing both the battery and the charger, costing a lot of money, and they both still malfunction. Thanks

Hi,
Try this if you're using Windows 7 or Windows Vista - you will need some charge in the battery.
First of all, shutdown the notebook, unplug the AC Adapter unplugged, remove the battery, and then hold down the Power button for a full minute.
Now, plug in the AC Adapter without the battery inserted, start the notebook, open windows Control Panel, open Device Manager, expand the entry for Batteries, right click on and the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery and select Uninstall - do not uninstall anything else here. When the uninstall is complete, shut the PC down, unplug the AC Adapter, re-insert the battery and then start the PC on just the battery. Windows will automatically reinstall the driver - leave Windows running for a few minutes. Shutdown the PC again. Now plug in the AC Adapter ( with the battery still inserted ) and start the notebook to see if this has helped the issue at all.
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