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Blinking Battery LED
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I got an nearly three years old Inspiron 5150. A few weeks ago, the battery LED started flashing 4 times amber, 1 time green. I called Dell and ordered a new battery. It came today, I inserted it and the LED still flashes 4 times amber, 1 time green. I tried to reinstall the BIOS, with no results. The system runs completely normal, battery charges and discharges, without any problems.. except that flashing... Does anybody have a solution for this?
I got an nearly three years old Inspiron 5150. A few weeks ago, the battery LED started flashing 4 times amber, 1 time green. I called Dell and ordered a new battery. It came today, I inserted it and the LED still flashes 4 times amber, 1 time green. I tried to reinstall the BIOS, with no results. The system runs completely normal, battery charges and discharges, without any problems.. except that flashing... Does anybody have a solution for this?
- You're right.. the "new" battery is a used one, too... According zo ACPI it's last full capacity is 1665 mAh, the one I wanted to replace has 2375 mAh.. I called Dell once again to get a replacement for the replacement and they said, I'll get a new one. But what I didn't know is, replacements are not new batterys but only newly ones...
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Posted December 21st, 2006 19:00
If you have had 3 years' service from a lithium ion battery, you are doing very well -most do not last that long.