- Dead battery
- Posted by daisy2384 on October 30th, 2005
I have an inspiron 1100 and the other day I went to switch to battery power
but my computer says that it has absolutely no power in it. I thought that by
plugging in my computer it charged my battery if it was low but it doesn't at
all. Is my battery totally dead or is there a way to charge it back up?
- Posted by Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\) on October 30th, 2005
Daisy
You should take your laptop to a service centre and get the charging circuit
checked out.. it may be that your battery has reached the end of its useful
life, and will no longer accept a charge.. it is not unknown, however, for
charging circuits to fail..
--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User
"daisy2384" <daisy2384@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ACD7B44A-5AE1-49F6-8440-018FB70E4533@microsoft.com...
>I have an inspiron 1100 and the other day I went to switch to battery power
> but my computer says that it has absolutely no power in it. I thought that
> by
> plugging in my computer it charged my battery if it was low but it doesn't
> at
> all. Is my battery totally dead or is there a way to charge it back up?
- Posted by Quaoar on October 30th, 2005
"daisy2384" <daisy2384@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ACD7B44A-5AE1-49F6-8440-018FB70E4533@microsoft.com...
>I have an inspiron 1100 and the other day I went to switch to battery
>power
> but my computer says that it has absolutely no power in it. I thought
> that by
> plugging in my computer it charged my battery if it was low but it
> doesn't at
> all. Is my battery totally dead or is there a way to charge it back
> up?
Laptop lithium ion batteries have a 'generally' accepted life of two to
three years, maximum. The battery might be unchargeable if in this age
range. Batteries are not normally covered under the warranty outside of
90 days, if at all. Even if the battery is outside of the original
warranty, call Dell support. They might have some suggestions about
other hardware failures that are covered under your warranty that can
affect the battery charging.
Q
- Posted by on November 3rd, 2005
Wow. And my lithium battery is still going strong after 4 years --
??? Do I just not use it enough, or what?
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Fishy@Ocean.Net
In the last exciting episode on Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:13:50 -0700,
"Quaoar" <quaoar@tenthplanet.net> wrote:
>
>"daisy2384" <daisy2384@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:ACD7B44A-5AE1-49F6-8440-018FB70E4533@microsoft.com...
>>I have an inspiron 1100 and the other day I went to switch to battery
>>power
>> but my computer says that it has absolutely no power in it. I thought
>> that by
>> plugging in my computer it charged my battery if it was low but it
>> doesn't at
>> all. Is my battery totally dead or is there a way to charge it back
>> up?
>
>Laptop lithium ion batteries have a 'generally' accepted life of two to
>three years, maximum. The battery might be unchargeable if in this age
>range. Batteries are not normally covered under the warranty outside of
>90 days, if at all. Even if the battery is outside of the original
>warranty, call Dell support. They might have some suggestions about
>other hardware failures that are covered under your warranty that can
>affect the battery charging.
>
>Q
>
