Question about Dell Inspiron 1545 Notebook

Battery won't charge

I changed the power cord recently and with the previous cord it charged normally, but with the new one it seems to refuse to charge when plugged to the wall socket. It shows on the power icon that it is there but it says that it is not charging.

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So put the old power cord back on since you say it charged the battery normally. Why did you change it if it was charging the battery? It's quite possible that the new power cord is faulty. Just because it is new does not mean it works.

Remove the battery and plug the new power cord in. Does it boot the laptop up? Are you able to function with the new power cord plugged in. If so, then your battery is more than likely dead and needs to be replaced. The battery only has a useful life and once it is completely bad it will not charge.

Posted on May 02, 2012

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SOURCE: the battery is not charging

Normally, one of 3 causes.

Dead Battery
Bad connection of battery interface on Motherboard.
The AC Adapter sensing pin (In the center of the plug) is damaged (If the system cannot sense the AC adapter, the charging circuit is disabled.)

Troubleshooting:

Try a different AC adapter (Any Dell D-Series system adapter is interchangable)
If no difference, then next is replace the battery. (The battery on a portable is a consumable item, and the battery life is generally 300 to 500 recharge/discharge cycles around 18 months)
If no change with battery or AC adapter, then the failure is the charging circuit of the motherboard.

Posted on Apr 11, 2009

Ryan Rogers

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SOURCE: Dell C400 Laptop Battery not charging

Go into the battery properties and check if the battery is charging. If it says it is, then test it, use the battery to see if it really is charging, they will sometimes give a false reading. If it's not charging, then check the power supply with an ohm meter for the proper output. If this all checks good, but the battery isn't charging, then I'm afraid you have a failed power management system on the motherboard. The power management system controls the charging along with other power related aspects of the machine. If the power management system has failed, then unfortunately, you will have to replace the motherboard in order to fix it.

Posted on Aug 12, 2008

Anonymous

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SOURCE: battery will not charge

I purchased a Genuine Dell Battery, It arrived dead with 1 test light on battery itself at 0% charged, It only lasted 2 mins before the laptop died running on battery, It doesn't charge the Dell battery at all The replacement battery only shows a 1% charge every 7 hours or so, nor do I have a yellow, green, orange light, The only time I get a light on the battery led is if i'm running on batteries and the battery level is below 10%, Its orange for low battery.
Thanks in advance to anyone who could help me.

Posted on Feb 09, 2008

Anonymous

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SOURCE: Dell inspiron E1505 won't charge or power on period!!!

Sounds like you might have a bad dc power jack. ifyou wiggle the jack around where it plugs in on the computer, does the powr light come on?

Posted on Mar 30, 2009

Anonymous

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SOURCE: Dell laptop (E1705). Battery won't charge.

BUY Dell Inspiron E1705 Laptop Battery, you can go
http://www.notebook-battery.us/notebook-battery/dell-inspiron-e1705.htm

Posted on Apr 01, 2009

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