Inspiron 1300 battery wont charge

Hello there

I have 3 years old dell inspiron 1300, everything worked just fine till today morning, i can't turn my computer on without the plugging in the charger, my battery is always at 0.0% (charging), the battery was working just fine couple days ago giving me over 1:30 hours on battery power but takes more time to charge as when it was new,

and yeah, the bat. charging LED is always on (solid Green).

Bios setup shows the battery performs normally and this what i get from the Device information (Ubuntu) :

Product: DELL WD4166
Status: Charging
Percentage charge: 0.0%
Vendor: SMP
Technology: Lithium ion
Serial number: 2546
Model: DELL WD4166
Capacity: 85% (Fair)
Last full charge: 21.7 Wh
Design charge: 25.4 Wh
Charge rate: 0.0 W

So what's goin on ?

Thanks in advace

MJ

 

It's broken. Exactly how, I have no idea. I've got this lot of dead D600 batteries and a couple of 'em show the same symptoms. They always seem to be charging, RMClock claims the capacity is something non-zero, but they just don't charge. Dunno if you can fix it; I certainly haven't found a fix.

 

So change the battery you say ?

 

I would say so yes. It is not uncommon for Li-ion batteries to fail after 3 years; although it is odd that it would suddenly fail completely like this - typically you'd notice reduced capacity until it basically holds no charge at all.

 

well in the past 8 weeks or so the battery didn't fully charge, the max was something around 98.9%~99.5% with normal green charging flash and 2-3 times a week fast Orange flash (error for bat cannot fully charge) will go after i remove the charger and plug it back, but did give me over 1:30 hour 2 days ago.