Dell b130 My laptop never kept a battery charge for more than 1/2 hour. But now after only owning it for a year the battery is telling me it is nearing the end of its life span. Surely batteries should last longer than 1 year. Can you offer any suggestions. I have already been using power management. I am afraid that if I buy another dell battery I will still get this sort of crumby service from it.

1 Answer

Anonymous

Level 2:

An expert who has achieved level 2 by getting 100 points

MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.

Scholar:

An expert who has written 20 answers of more than 400 characters.

Hot-Shot:

An expert who has answered 20 questions.
Expert
116 Answers

Dell batteries are really supplied by Sony. The probolem with Batteries is you never no what your going to get or just how long it will last. My suggestion would be to get a new battery, this battery may have been bad from the beginning. A bad battery can do severe damage to your laptop, so I would not keep using it. In addition for some odd reason I have found that with these batteries, they are some how linked with the PC software, and if they are bad the error follows the HDD. So you may want to get rid of that battery and not use it again!

Posted on Nov 29, 2007

Add Your Answer

Upload

Upload an image from your computer

Uploading: 0%

my-video-file.mp4

Complete. Click "Add" to insert your video. Add

Loading...

Include an image. It's worth a thousand words.

prev next

Related Questions:

0helpful

1answer

I have a Dell Inspiron B130 which has divice status lights on the lower left side of the keyboard. The third from the left is blinking red/orange but the computer seems to be working OK. I thought that...

Having read what others are saying it seems to be a very common problem with this laptop, you can try to ignore it or run your laptop direct from the mains WITHOUT the battery plugged in.
Good luck

Read full answer

Aug 04, 2010 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook

0helpful

1answer

The Power status of my laptop says O% power remaining in my batteries. What really is the problem with my batteries?

If the laptop 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 and will lose their charge capacity over time, until they won't charge up at all. If the battery drops to an unacceptable charge level then the battery needs to be replaced.

Read full answer

Feb 03, 2010 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook

1helpful

1answer

Battery - blinknig range light

The orange blinking led indicates battery charge critically low, which could mean the battery is failing. The batteries are considered a consumable item and carry a 1 year warranty. Average life, depends mostly on usage. 300 to 500 discharge/recharge cycles is about average that translates to about 18 months use or so.

Read full answer

Dec 28, 2009 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook

1helpful

1answer

Inspiron B130 shuts down after about 5 seconds

Sounds like a bad AC adapter not charging the system. If a known good adapter has the same issue (Or this adapter works on another system) then it is a motherboard replacement

Read full answer

Sep 14, 2009 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook

1helpful

2answers

Dell B130 Laptop BIOS LOCKED

On alot of motherboards, and I don't know if I would have access to this one or not, there is a set of 3 pins coming out of the board itself, usually with a jumper on 1-2 position. Somewhere next to them, maybe some text like PWD CLR ? Usually, moving the jumper to 2-3, clears the password on the BIOS, as a failsafe back up. If it does look, 'comfortably' like that, don't change anything else. It usually takes only a minute, under battery power, to clear it. Once done, move the jumper back to the 1-2 position.

If you don't see it clearly, write back and I'll see if my Technician access allows for the detailed info. Also, please include the Model # amd Make of your Dell unit.

Respectfully,

Toby White-Beebe
P.O. Box 474
Penryn, CA. 95663

(916) 300-9410 Cell
(916) 473-7409 Home Fax

2008 VA Certified NACI Low Risk Security Clearance
2008 VA OCIS/ROB Affirmation of Compliance
2008 VA Certified OIT Contractor
2008 Dell Certified Lead Systems Expert - DCSE
1999 A+ Certified Service Technician

Read full answer

Aug 09, 2009 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook

1helpful

1answer

Red Battery light flashes when computer is turned off

The reason the battery indicator would flash is because its reaching the end of its useable life. Meaning that it will become harder for the battery to keeps its charge until it finally doesn't keep a charge at all. best thing to do is when your not using your laptop unhook the charger to it so its not always charging the battery.

To fix the problem though you'll have to get another battery unfortunately.

Read full answer

Jun 02, 2009 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook

0helpful

1answer

Problem with b130 batteries?

it is very possible that your a/c adaptor/charger is not working well enough to charge or keep you computer runing.
with a new battery you should put it on charge for several hour and charge it to the maximum.
do you know for a fact that the battery is new you put in it?
if the battery is used it may be trash also.
sort out the facts then look for the most obvious.
most obvious at this point it that a/c charger.

Read full answer

May 24, 2009 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook

1helpful

3answers

Dell inspiron 1501 battery won't recharge fully.

Laptop batteries last 1 to 3 years (check your warranty = most laptop batteries are only 1 year ..) .. anyone who gets 3 years out of one is doing well ...

Read full answer

Mar 15, 2009 • Dell Computers & Internet

0helpful

2answers

Dell inspiron b130 power problem

try running with battery out it should still work as long as it is pluged to a/c

Read full answer

Feb 18, 2009 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook

0helpful

1answer

Dell B130 won't charge

From my experience with 3 DELL laptops, the problem was resolved by replacing the system board. Apparently the port the AC adaptor plugs into becomes damaged (provided you have determined it is not a battery needing replacemnet or a defective AC adaptor) and that cannot be fixed without replacing the whole system board.

Read full answer

Dec 20, 2007 • Dell Inspiron B130 Notebook