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Inspiron 9300 battery failure Laura 09-16-2007
Posted by Laura on September 16, 2007, 12:33 pm
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 My Inspiron 9300 is roughly 2.5 years old. I rarely use the PC on
battery-always plugged in to an A/C outlet so the battery has only been used
a handful of times.

Suddenly the battery charging light is constantly flashing and the x%
remaining (charging) icon is showing up on the systray. This started last
week and it read 99% remaining (charging). Today it reads 94% remaining.

Any clue as to what is happening here? Should I totally discharge the
battery or just bite the bullet and replace it? Can I run the laptop without
the battery in the machine? Dell wants something like $170 for a new one and
I'm not sure I can scrap that amount up right now.

thanks,
~Laura~



Posted by Laura on September 16, 2007, 12:36 pm
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 oops, wrong newsgroup. sorry about that.

--
~Laura~


> My Inspiron 9300 is roughly 2.5 years old. I rarely use the PC on
> battery-always plugged in to an A/C outlet so the battery has only been
> used a handful of times.
>
> Suddenly the battery charging light is constantly flashing and the x%
> remaining (charging) icon is showing up on the systray. This started last
> week and it read 99% remaining (charging). Today it reads 94% remaining.
>
> Any clue as to what is happening here? Should I totally discharge the
> battery or just bite the bullet and replace it? Can I run the laptop
> without the battery in the machine? Dell wants something like $170 for a
> new one and I'm not sure I can scrap that amount up right now.
>
> thanks,
> ~Laura~
>
>


Posted by Bob Wang on September 16, 2007, 1:11 pm
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Laura:

You actually reminded me of a neat feature in Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit.
Even though a laptop may be plugged in 24/7, the battery is continually
being drawn down a little, and re-charged, so the life-time charge/recharge
cycles are used up eventually.
Vista Ultimate 32-bit allows you to set parameters so that your battery is
not continually charged up when it drops just a little.
Supposed to increase service life of batteries that spend most of their
lives plugged in.

Bob
>>>
My Inspiron 9300 is roughly 2.5 years old. I rarely use the PC on
battery-always plugged in to an A/C outlet so the battery has only been used
a handful of times.

Suddenly the battery charging light is constantly flashing and the x%
remaining (charging) icon is showing up on the systray. This started last
week and it read 99% remaining (charging). Today it reads 94% remaining.

Any clue as to what is happening here? Should I totally discharge the
battery or just bite the bullet and replace it? Can I run the laptop without
the battery in the machine? Dell wants something like $170 for a new one and
I'm not sure I can scrap that amount up right now.

thanks,
~Laura~




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