Remove the battery and try using the charger/adapter alone. If that works, leave the battery out and always use the laptop plugged into an outlet--a desktop replacement. If the adapter alone doesn't work alone, consider buying a new computer now since either the adapter is bad or the motherboard is bad or both.
A bios update will not be possible without a working battery but that would not help anyway. As you know Win XP is no longer supported by Microsoft and it is risky to connect to the Internet using XP.
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Remove the battery and try using the charger/adapter alone. If that works, leave the battery out and always use the laptop plugged into an outlet--a desktop replacement. If the adapter alone doesn't work alone, consider buying a new computer now since either the adapter is bad or the motherboard is bad or both.
A bios update will not be possible without a working battery but that would not help anyway. As you know Win XP is no longer supported by Microsoft and it is risky to connect to the Internet using XP.