I have purchased another power cord but this has not helped the problem. As long as the computer is plugged in i can use it but if you bump the power cord or knock it lose the computer completely turns off. It is not actually charging my battery.
Sounds like you need a new battery, same thing happend to my mothers laptop
SOURCE: Dell latitude D600 battery charge light flashing
You have a ground fault issue in the DC JACK.
There are escentially 4 circuits in the jack and one is not making contact.
1: Negative Charge circuit (outter ring)
2: Negative Run circuit (outter ring)
3 Positive (Inner Ring)
4: Signal (center pin)
I believe the negative charge circuit (outter ring) is not making contact internally. Typically what happens on that model DC Jack is the tension contact metal becomes fatigued, and does not touch the outter ring.
This could come from Heat causing early fatigue of the metal.
Or normal wear, the metal has simply worn out from regular insert/removal.
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SOURCE: Battery won't charge on my Inspiron E1505
The battery problem could be due to a bad ac adapter or a loose motherboard connector. Try another good known Ac adapter and see if it works. For the partation issue in XP do a right click on MY computer and go to MANAGE and a computer management screen will open. Under computer management go to disk management. Chech for any unallocated space. If you find any unallocated space you can do a right click and create a new partation. You wont loose any data in this.
SOURCE: Laptop Battery won't charge
One thing you can check is the battery contacts on the laptop. You'll notice small metal contact points where you install the battery. clean those and make sure they are 100% dust free. IF there is any kind of dust build up or corrosion on the contact points they will not work correctly.
Also check for any physical damage to the contacts.
Please rate as "very helpful" if this helps your situation & i'd love feedback. ^_^
SOURCE: My Dell Mini Inspiron 10 keeps shutting itself of
not necessarily, try removing the batter. faulty batteries can tell the computer to shut down when powered.
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