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    XPS M1530 not charging. HELP

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by x-1, Jul 14, 2008.

  1. x-1

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    Hi everybody, i have a M1530 and it says "plugged in/not charging". What's wrong and how can i fix it?

    Thank you.
     
    x-1, Jul 14, 2008
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    ajhizzle Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe it has a full charge!
     
    ajhizzle, Jul 14, 2008
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    No, the battery is dead and when you hover over the battery symbol, it says plugged in not charging.
     
    x-1, Jul 14, 2008
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    Hmmm... Just a shot in the dark - have you, by any chance, left the laptop plugged in for a few days straight?
     
    Cron-Z, Jul 15, 2008
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    I had the exact same problem. After unsuccessfully trying a new A/C adapter sent by dell, I have sent the laptop to the repair depot. They are saying that it's probably a bad motherboard. My harddisk was acting up strange too...about 80% of the time, the system refused to detect my harddisk - restarting several times was the workaround. Hopefully this harddisk issue will be gone too..
     
    zeeta6, Jul 15, 2008
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    Did you push the button on the battery itself to see the health (not the charge) of the battery? Maybe the battery itself is just dead.
     
    Entropic, Jul 15, 2008
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    Forte NBR's Supreme Angel

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    Sometimes its because the wiring on the inside of the part that connects to the power brick that plugs into your laptop is severed since you can twist it around a lot. If thats not the case, its most likely the mobo.
     
    Forte, Jul 15, 2008
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