Inspiron 8500 not charging

baz909 · 2006-11-26 09:36:21

hi, i have a dell inspiron 8500. my problem is the battery is not charging, i have tried a 2nd battery with it and this will not charge either. the laptop will only power up from the mains. any suggestions what it could be? do i need a new a/c adapter or would it be a fault with the laptop itself. thanks for any info

26-11-2006 10:36AM

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baz909

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hi,
i have a dell inspiron 8500. my problem is the battery is not charging, i have tried a 2nd battery with it and this will not charge either. the laptop will
only power up from the mains.
any suggestions what it could be? do i need a new a/c adapter
or would it be a fault with the laptop itself.

thanks for any info

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#2 26-11-2006 05:23PM

Karoma

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It could be a problem with the power board or DC inlet or,as you said, the AC adaptor- difficult to say.
Borrow another adaptor and eliminate that.

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#3 26-11-2006 05:29PM

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Try the battery recalibration feature in the BIOS (if there is on, pretty sure there is) if you find the AC adaptor is not the issue.

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