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    Why won't my battery charge?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by deltawing, Mar 22, 2010.

  1. deltawing

    deltawing Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried doing Fn + F2 to enable the battery and it always says battery enabled regardless of how many times I push it.

    If I push it a lot in a short amount of time it will go disabled/enabled/disabled/etc

    Any thoughts? My battery is stuck at 3% and won't charge!

    Thanks!
     

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  2. SAUCE

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    What you need to do is power down M17x remove battery and mains supply then press alienhead to power up 20 seconds put battery back in .Will now charge.
     
  3. trikster

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    I would be willing to bet you hit the Stealth Mode button by accident. With that on, your battery will not charge. Stupid for sure, but I am 99% sure that is what happened.
     
  4. deltawing

    deltawing Notebook Evangelist

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    This worked, thanks

    For the record, is there a surefire way to tell if you're in stealth mode or not like in the taskbar, etc?
     
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    Cool, thanks

    I now notice the difference between the light being brighter when Stealth Mode is on and not on, etc, thanks
     
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    Did u dl Wattos StealthIndicator.zip? if not look at post 7 on the last link give it a try it gives you a small alienhead icon in taskbar green full power,red when in stealth .
     

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