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Battey problems, NEED HELP BEFORE MY BATTERY FAILS!
Recently I had noticed that my battery percentage was going down, it was 'plugged in but not charging', I looked up this problem on the internet and found it could be to do with the BIOS and it was a problem affecting lots, but after updating my BIOS from A08 to A16 it now says 'plugged in, charging' but it clearly isnt as the percentage never goes up, it is declining slowly, and also when I turn the AC adapter off it takes ages for the LED lights to die, which means the laptop is not using the power being put in, only the lights are. Can someone help please.
Hi there:
(1)First notice the percentage of power left in your battery by clicking on the power meter (for example 50% or any percentage to give you some sense of how much left in the battery). Then shut off the laptop.
(2)Remove the battery from the laptop and then press the battery sign on back of your battery. There are five LEDs light, each light represent about 20%. If let say your power meter indicates that the remaining power is 50%, so there should be at least 2 LEDs light come on.The reason you want to do this is to see whether is the power meter reading is incorrect or your battery is bad.
Question: Does your laptop go into hibernation when your battery power is at very low?
Read more about battery maintenance below site:
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/05/07/beginners_battery_maintenance/
My Inspiron 6000's battery (bought on December 2005) was at the end of its useful (as indicated by Dell's Battery Monitor) just January 2009.
I went ahead to buy a new battery even though I still can use the old one but it acted a little unreliably.
Below is the website that you can get pretty good price for the battery of any model.
http://www.gogo-power.com/Dell
Made sure you buy the correct model #. For example mine is TYPE D5318, Rating is 11.1V. The capacity can come in different rating , for example they can be 53Wh, (6600mAh/72Wh). Since Power = V * I, where V stands for voltage and I stands for current. The higher the power rating the more expensive the battery. You can find the kind you need by looking on your battery. All the necessary information you need to know is on the battery.
I bought the 6600mAh/72Whr 9 CELL! Battery for Dell Inspiron 6000 was $57.95 back in January, 2009.
Hope the information helps.
Mary G
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Posted May 29th, 2009 09:00
You can remove the battery and use just the adapter alone. Many of us do this when we don't need the mobility on our laptops. Replacing the battery is expensive and if you use the laptop plugged in all the time, unnecessary.