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    Inspiron 9400 battery problem

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Stevenj, Apr 17, 2007.

  1. Stevenj

    Stevenj Notebook Consultant

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    hi, everytime i plug in a usb gamepad while on battery the laptop has a electrical, statical hissing sould. One that is quiet but really high pitched. I have no idea what causess this problem and it only happens when on battery. Any advice?
     
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    This hissing sometimes comes on without the usb gamepad, and one more thing is when i just unplug sometimes windows say no battery detected.
     
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    phone dell
     
    Skawtish, Apr 17, 2007
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    Are you able to determine where exactly is this hissing sound is coming from? It could be your capacitor within the notebook that's leaking fluid like in my previous 4150
     
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    its in the area of the cpu fan, hard to pinpoint but definately related to the power. Only comes on without the battery. Any other advice on some test i could run? Ways to fix it?
     
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    sounds like a defective battery - did you check to make sure that yours was not one of the batteries subject to recall last year?
     
    jujube, Apr 18, 2007
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    No actually, I got it apr assumed it was good, where do u check for the recalled batteries?
     
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    dude your laptop seems to have an auful lot of problems?
    you sure your not being paranoid?
     
    Skawtish, Apr 18, 2007
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    lol, for a 2.2 g laptop i expect it to be free of problems. And no, those problems actually exist and r all quite easy to tell.
     
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    Just phone dell.
    My laptop was playing up at first and i phoned thier techinical suppourt line.
    They helped me ressovle all the issues relitvly quick.
     
    Skawtish, Apr 19, 2007
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