Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
83 Posts
0
3293
Charger runs Laptop but does not charge battery??
I would love to know why Dell's chargers have been so bad these past few years and don't last, I've had to replace numerous chargers for our 5 laptops and again a "genuine" Dell original charger is giving us problems my daughter' inspiron and also when I tried it in my XPS laptop (it will power the laptop but will NOT charge the battery) .. I don't know if they are specing out too low voltage or just supplying sub-par quality blocks.. But it is most definitaly a running problem, my other two daughter's 4 year old Macs have had absolutely NO problems since day one where 2 of our Vostros went through 4 and a Studio and a Inspiron has gone through one each!! Something is most definitely wrong here..
Note the batteries in both my daughters Inspiron and my XPS are new Dell batteries..
Paul T
83 Posts
0
December 17th, 2011 08:00
guess I'm the only one having issues with Dell chargers??
Bay Wolf
4.4K Posts
0
December 17th, 2011 23:00
In reference to the charger working in the Inspiron notebook and not the XPS (will not charge the battery), if the charger actually charges the battery in the Inspiron, then I would guess that the charger in question is a 50 watt charger. The XPS needs a larger wattage charger. If it sees one that is not rated high enough, it will turn off the charging circuit and only power the XPS.