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    Inspiron 9400 battery not detected

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by springo, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. springo

    springo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I don't know why this happened but as I came back from being a week away from my family, my father, who had been using my computer during this time, told me that the battery on my Inspiron 9400 was not detected anymore. I saw this on Windows Vista's battery monitor, but also when running the BIOS setup, it said there was no battery plugged in.
    The battery charges and the computer switches to using the battery when not plugged in, but I just can't monitor its state, because even though it works, it is not detected.
    When running on battery, the battery indicator LED is orange. When charging it flashes green. When charged and plugged it's off.
    Thanks for any help.
     
    springo, Aug 28, 2008
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