Hi,

I have an Inspirion 9100, with one battery, both of which I have had for under a year.

Only yesterday morning I started to see my battery light blinking irregularly. Basically there are 5 quick flashes in succession: 4 amber and 1 green, followed by a pause, and then the same 5 again etc.
Now the Power Meter shows 28% charge, and has done so for 12 hours. There are no signs of charging at all, even though the laptop is connected to the AC adaptor.
Upon turning off the AC adaptor, the laptop shuts off immediately; for some reason the battery's supposed 28% is not doing anything.
This is a problem which seems to be quite common for some Dell users - see http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/365.aspx
I left the laptop switched off and unplugged from the mains (in case the battery overheated) to see if it could cool down. After, I had to plug into the mains to get it back on (I was confronted with a message saying no time/date was set) and the amber light still flashed!


I am at a loss as to what I should do. Please would a regular forum member or Dell forum regulator give me some advice.

Many thanks,

Edward

Message Edited by EdoR on 05-28-2005 09:55 PM