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Probably the power charging circuit on the motherboard. The question is, does the battery actually charge, no matter what the screen says? If it's a Dell charger, a Dell battery, then it should work. Some 3rd party batteries cause this message, but in actuality, the batteries seem to charge for the most part.
Ifthe laptop battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be wornout. Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cyclesand will lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% andgradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up atall.
ORThe battery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected thebattery drops off to zero capacity in a very short time.
Ifthe battery drops to an unacceptable charge level then the battery needs to bereplaced.
Hi, you can download all the driver for your Dell vostro A860 notebook from here follow this link to download the drivers, http://www.getpcmemory.com/drivers/dell-vostro-a860-download-dell-vostro-a860-notebook-windows-xp-drivers/
this will solve your laptop driver problem Thank you for using Fixya.
If you system is brand new and the battery is not functioning properly, you need to contact Dell Techncial Support to get your issue resolved under the warranty. (800-624-9896)
Generally, and new portable system should run 2 to 4 hours (Depending on the capacity of the battery and what is beong done on the system) if you are not getting that performance out of the battery contact tech support.
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