Battery Flahing code? 3 Red pulses then a long green one. Any ideas?

Question

My Dell Latitude D610 today. The recharge light that’s normally green when attached to a docking station started flashing red. The pattern was three short red pulses followed by a long green. I shutdown the laptop, detached from the docking station, reattached and restarted and now the constant green recharge light is on. Is this something to be concerned about?

tristanlee85 · Answer

I have this problem on my Inspiron 4100. There are 4 amber flashes and then a longer green flash. In the BIOS, my battery says it's 100% charged and I'll remove the power cord and after about 1 minute, the battery level drops to 8% and then will shut off right afterwards. I was reading about a BIOS upgrade that may potentially fix this, but I went to upgrade the BIOS and it says I have the latest version. Also, when I remove the battery and push the 'test' button, the first, middle, and last LEDs flash 3 times and then all 5 flash at once. Does my battery need replaced or is there something else I can try. At one time, I had ran this battery down completely.

tas7791 · Answer

I posted a query just like this one, same problem. I'd appreciate more feedback also, especially recent news. If it's any use to some, there are a lot of posts about flashing red battery light in this forum area (search 'flashing red light' or similar). This area is 'Portable / Power Management' : http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board?board.id=insp_power

Also, there was an interesting post here about how to help your battery:
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_power&message.id=42558&query.id=153489#M42558

Any more info on this would be great!
TS.

bstanfield · Answer

Check the Dell tech support internet information on battery light configurations.  If I recall correctly alternating 1, 3, 5 test means the battery needs replacing.  The internet information provides details on how power remaining, etc.  It has been some months so I don't have the URL handy and it should be relatively easy to find.   I have a problem with my Inspiron 8000 simply shutting down.  Dell recommended replacing the MB, then fan module, then heat sink.  I feel the fan module is the issue since one fan works fine, one is intermittent.  It is usually right on the edge managing the heat of a Pentium III CPU anyway.  It could be more, but battery, power and shutdown issues are common as these machines age.

I love dell · Answer

Nice, bstanfield.  You do your homework!  You are very much correct!  Your battery needs to be replaced!

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