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Battery light flashing 4 times...code?
I went to turn my laptop (600m) on the other day and it was dead. I thought this was funny because I had used it the night before and ran it down to about 75% then plugged it in all night. Plugged it into a/c power and it turns on fine. The battery meter in windows says 98%, the meter on the battery has all lights on. I do get 4 red blinks then 1 green from the battery light. I have a feeling the battery is dead...but I think it is weird it just went like that. Is this a specific code or do I need to shell out for a new battery? Thanks
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Posted May 21st, 2006 14:00
well yeah!! if the battery status meter shows red blinking lights, u need a replacement on the battery for sure.Kishoreramkishore
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Posted May 21st, 2006 15:00
Steve..JP0933.. is called a PPID number that we use to recognize the make/part number of the battery etc, refer https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/ on that, usually if the charge led's on the battery blinks..it indicates a possible battery failure but what u may wanna try is to first lookup the ststus of the Battery in the BIOS..Remove Battery first,Power on Laptop with just the AC AdapterF2 at the Dell Logo,Go to Page 5 of 7 (ALT+P) to scroll btw pagesPrimary Battery Ststus will show as NOT INSTALLED now,Install the Battery and check to see if it recognizes it..If Nogo, u need a new Battery for sure..KishoreBigBrother
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Posted May 21st, 2006 15:00
ramkishore,
I am not sure that JP0933 means that the the lights on the battery itself are 4 red and one green, but perhaps the battery light (charging LED) on the system blinks 4 red and one green. Perhaps JP0933 could provide some clarification on this?
Steve
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Posted May 21st, 2006 18:00
nope...the JP number has nothing to do with the system status lights or the battery charge indicator lights..
@BigBrother wrote:
ramkishore,
I am not sure that JP0933 means that the the lights on the battery itself are 4 red and one green, but perhaps the battery light (charging LED) on the system blinks 4 red and one green. Perhaps JP0933 could provide some clarification on this?
Steve
That is correct...the light on the top right of the laptop itself next to the power and HDD light.- Just wanted to give an update. First, my battery is not affected by the recall. Second, I went into the BIOS to check the battery status and when I installed it, it recgonized it and said 98% charged / Idle. I also noticed that the battery light was no longer flashing red so I unplugged the ac power and it stayed on. Rebooted into windows and it still runs fine off of the battery. Before when I was having the problems with the red flashing lights, unplugging the ac power would turn the laptop off. Any explaination for this...seems weird. Thanks for all your help/suggestions.
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Posted May 22nd, 2006 01:00
JP0933,It is possible that the battery was not completely seated or latched. Check the contacts in the system which connect the battery to be sure that they are not corroded. Removing and reinstalling the battery several times should help clean the contacts.Steveramkishore
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Posted May 22nd, 2006 12:00
well..probably the battery was not seated properly in its place....u may want to also flash your System's BIOS to the latest version from http://support.dell.com ,Kishore
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Posted May 21st, 2006 08:00