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January 22nd, 2023 05:00

Battery cannot be identified

I have Ispiron 3521 laptop, original battary and original AC.
 

On Start, I receive a message: Warning: The battery cannot be identified. The system will be unable to charge this battery. Press any key to continue.

My battary is always at 0%

 

I diagniosed my laptop using bios and got an error:

Error code 2000-0132

The battery is reaching the end of its usable life

It's also showed that battary had 49% health.

 

My BIOS is really old and I can't update it because "the battery must be charged above 10 before the system bios can be flashed", I tried many different things but nothing seems to help.

I tried using /foreceit command both in windows and freeDOS. In windows it's just opens and still has 10% issue, in freeDOS it's responding with "Test." and nothing happens

Next thing I tried was opening the program without battary at all, and inserting it after you get a promt that you need a battary to flash, haven't worked.

 

Another thing I tried was opening the program, copying all the program's files in the temp folder, and pasting them in another directory. After that in platforms.ini and platform.ini I changed BattaryCheck=1 to BattaryCheck=0, still when you open the program, it will rewrite the platforms.ini file to it's defaults, read-only check just makes the program don't work at all.

 

I also tried /writehdrfile  to try another solution, and  just got "Invalid WinFlash parameters" in windows and same "Test." in freeDOS

My end goal is battary working properly.

Don't know what should I do now, any ideas?

  • ejn63

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    Posted January 22nd, 2023 06:00

    The original battery far outlived its expected lifespan -- you need a new battery.

    Given that this system is approaching ten years old, you'll likely find only third-party batteries available -- look on Amazon for a seller with a verifiably good reputation.