I have an Inspiron 1545 that I purchased approximately  two years ago. About six months after purchase I noticed that there would be times my battery wasn't charging so I would unplug the charger, plug it back in and that seemed to fix the problem until the next time. This probably happened biweekly until right after a year, and I'm  talking about a week after my warranty expired because I didn't have an extra $200 lying around for an extension, when the can not recognize the adapter message started coming up. I was told by my brother who is a tech whiz that this meant one of three things, my adapter itself was bad, my battery was bad or there was an internal problem. I tried replacing the adapter and received the same message. So I  took the battery in to a computer shop to be tested and was told it was fine but that this system has some internal issue because this was happening to ALOT of people.

I came to the Dell site hoping that since it was a problem that a lot of people were having that there might be something about what the exact problem was and how it could be fixed. While searching I was directed to the forums where it was again stated that this is a widespread ongoing problem and that Dell was refusing to issue anything because there weren't enough complaints. So for the last 6 months my computer has sat on a shelf because it is a 50/50 shot whether the computer will recognize the adapter enough to power the computer so the battery is completely drained and the computer is likely as not to randomly shut off.

I had hoped that by logging in today that someone might have figured out what the internal problem was so that I can order the part myself and try to fix it. I mean it's not like I can make things worse since I BASICALLY HAVE A PAPERWEIGHT AS IT IS!!!! But I didn't see anything just the usual replace your adapter or battery it's not our system. So I am asking flat out for those of you who may have figured out the real problem. what is the problematic component and how to I get a new one. I am assuming that this part is not going to be a cheap one and I don't have the $200 just to get someone to tell me you need this part.