My dell inspiron won't charge if the OS is awake/on but DOES charge when it's off/asleep. this is a new problem.

Is the battery a genuine Dell battery? 3rd party batteries can be high quality or crap, just depends on the maker. Regardless, when you attempt to charge it, does it at least take a charge even though it won\'t hold it? Or does the battery refuse to accept a charge at all? When you plug in your laptop, does the charge light come on? Does the the battery level icon on the lower-right corner of the screen show it\'s plugged in? I know, lots of questions.

Hamish and Andy

unplug, take out battery then hold power button for 30 seconds then plug back in and turn on
if the3 laptap gos on without the battery you need a new battery

This is a common problem. It may be that the charger is dammaged. these Dell chargers have a micro thin communication cable in them that tell the charger to charge the battery. this micro thin cable can often break. Its use it to prevent the laptop battery from over charging, but if it breaks or becomed broken inside tha charger cable, then the laptop simply won't get the charge signal and the battery won't charge. If this is the case, then you will need to replace the charger with another Dell charger compatible with your laptop

Try the following steps to solve it:
it of googling on the web and finally found the solution here.1 Turn off laptop.2 Unplug AC power.3 Remove battery.4 Replace AC power.5 Turn on laptop, allow OS to boot.6 Once logged in to the machine, perform a normal shut down.7 Unplug AC power.8 Replace battery.9 Replace AC power.10 Turn on laptop, allow OS to boot. The battery should once again be charging as normal.If it can't still resolve this problem, try a new laptop charger or repair your laptop dc jack.

If you plan to be on a budget for your dell 1525, you may try the following third party charger:

Replacement Dell Inspiron 1525 AC Adapter 65Watt 19.5V 3.34A

If thelaptop battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be worn out.Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cycles andwill lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% andgradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up at all. OR Thebattery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected the batterydrops off to zero capacity in a very short time. If the battery drops to anunacceptable charge level then the battery needs to be replaced.

If your laptop is still under warranty, contact dell and they should be able to fix it free of charge, The same thing happened to my laptop a few years ago and fortunately, it is still under warranty, The fault is the charger itself which dell replaced free of charge.

one possible cause would be the dead cell of your battery. One option is to buy new battery or just visit a store whose catering of repacking battery for laptop. Hope it helps thanks.

pls consult ur service center forthe problem & if this under warranty contact dell directly for this issue......................Sameerayan

Try removing the battery and see if the laptop powers on. If it still doesn’t power on then either the motherboard is defective or the AC adaptor may have a broken wire in the cable.






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