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    Battery Charging Disabled

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Nihilus, Jun 21, 2011.

  1. Nihilus

    Nihilus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi. I have a problem, how can i enable my battery charging.
    I have lot of times these problem with my L702x . Its not charging my baterry,only after fiew times i restarted laptop its again charging but now it doesnt and Battery indicator isnt showing as well..
     
    Nihilus, Jun 21, 2011
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  2. rausa

    rausa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Go to Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Power Options. On the left side, you should see Dell Battery Meter. Click on there and go through the dialog box and adjust the settings as you wish.

    HTH
     
    rausa, Jun 21, 2011
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  3. Nihilus

    Nihilus Notebook Enthusiast

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    no. its not working. now its charging it but still show batery charging disabled and icon on panel isnt showing to :(
     
    Nihilus, Jun 21, 2011
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  4. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    Fn+F3 will bring up a window go to battery life tab and enable battery charging
     
    Brendanmurphy, Jun 21, 2011
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  5. Nihilus

    Nihilus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Fn+F3 is for Touchpad ebabling and disabling.
     
    Nihilus, Jun 22, 2011
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  6. DakkonA

    DakkonA Notebook Evangelist

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    When you say it is disabled... is the battery nearly fully charged? This is by design to protect the battery.
     
    DakkonA, Jun 22, 2011
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    Right-click on the battery icon in the lower right. Left-click on "Dell Battery Meter". If the checkbox that's labeled "Turn Off Battery Charging" isn't checked, then battery charging is on. In that case DakkonA is correct. The battery is fully charged and just floating. The checkbox is used if you wanna be on the charger for long periods of time. It supposedly will help maintain the batteries long life. If you use your battery a lot it really won't matter much.
    -joe-
     
    joeaux, Jun 22, 2011
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