Peter, > Just a word of warning... > > My last work laptop was a Dell D620 which experienced what sounds like > identical charging problems to yours, but in that case I borrowed a known > good working battery from a colleague and found that it too would not > recharge - the only conclusion therefore was a fault on the motherboard or > charging circuit. > > Unfortunately, unless the battery has charge status LEDs on it, there's > probably little else you can do but try a new one... good luck with that > anyway.
That is my fear, I can't tell if it's the motherboard or the battery. The battery has no indicators it's self so I have no idea what is going on inside. > Peter > > On 26 July 2011 15:27, Adam John Trickett <adam.trick...@iredale.net> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 26 Jul 2011 15:09:42 Benjie Gillam wrote: > > > Most laptops in my experience work without a battery so long as the mains > > > charger is connected - if yours doesn't then I fear it might be the > > > motherboard that has failed. > > > > I did say it work fine otherwise, which is why I'm hoping it's just a dead > > cheapo battery. > > > > -- > > Adam Trickett > > Overton, HANTS, UK > > > > I've found that people who are great at something are > > not so much convinced of their own greatness as > > mystified at why everyone else seems so incompetent. > > -- Paul Graham, "Great Hackers" 2004 > > > > -- > > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Adam Trickett Overton, HANTS, UK If only banks were playing in a casino, then we probably could calculate appropriate risk weights. Unfortunately, the world is more complicated. -- Mervyn King, Governor, Bank of England -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
