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7Leagueboot

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March 25th, 2012 03:00

What does this mean? (M17x R2)

Last night I shut down as usual however, this morning when arriving in my office to switch on the laptop the Alien head on the lid was illuminated. "That's odd!" I thought, "I know it was completely shut down when I left last night."

Opening the lid, I could see it was indeed switched off but the power button was blinking. I attempted to fire it up anyway and it is working however; can anyone tell me what this means please?

Incidentally, mousing over the battery/charger icon it says "94% available (plugged-in not, charging)". Does that mean I have a charging problem or is the battery dying on me?

  • jmrowley

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    Posted March 26th, 2012 06:00

    No you have to shut down the system, unplug the power cord from both the wall and the laptop till the blue light shuts off, and remove the battery for a couple minutes...then replace the battery into the laptop and plug it back in and when you start it back up it should show the battery charging...it is a glitch with the m17r2's if you have upgraded your video driver from the oem driver...best not to upgrade from the original.

  • 7Leagueboot

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    Posted March 26th, 2012 07:00

    Thanks for your input jmrowley. I spoke with Dell support this morning and after doing a diagnostic they decided the charger was faulty and are sending me a new one.