When I open the shutter door on the front it does not seem to switch on - the battery is charged - the green and orange light on the back flash and beep ???

The flashing green indicator is telling you (and the notebook) that the battery is almost fully charged, but then by switching immediately to flashing orange, the status has changed to "battery charge is low". This is not normal behaviour and probably indicates a serious issue with the battery. My guess is that the charging is initiating some kind of rapid battery self-discharge.
Ref - Knowledge Base

Notebooks will power up and work without a battery just fine.
Ref - Laptop Battery Basics dummies
Try to operate yours this way. This will eliminate the battery from the loop as a potential cause of the BSODs you are seeing.

Sounds like it could be two things with that, first look at the battery symbol, is it flashing orange or is it green. If its flashing orange means you have a bad battery, if its solid green all ok, if its switching between green and yellow its charging. if the symbol isn't lit at all it doesn't detect your battery and try to remove and reinsert battery. Next look at the plug light, is it green?

Hi I have a ip100 portable printer and both green and orange lights flash. Green flashes twice and the orange light flash at what seems to be a random disorder.

The flashing Orange light means the charge is flashing.
The flashing Green light means the focus and exposure are not correct.

Have you recently replaced the batteries? Or are you using rechargeable batteries? Lack of enough "Juice" could allow for the flash to not charge up (Orange) therefore not allowing the camera to get the correct exposure (Green). I would try new fresh batteries or a new battery pack. If that doesn't fix the issue it must be a bad circuitry in the body that is shorting not letting the flash charge.

Regards,
Jacob

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, i.e. won't charge to 100% and gradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up at all.
OR The battery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected the battery drops off to zero capacity in a very short time.
If the battery drops to an unacceptable charge level then the battery needs to be replaced.

If you ran the battery to the point of almost draining it, then the light being orange is from below 25% charge

battery charge counter is maxed. You need a new battery.

The flashing light on the front of your laptop is a low battery warning. There probably isn't enough power in the battery to turn on the laptop. You need to plug in the ac power adaptor and let the battery charge until the battery light turns from 'orange', to 'green'.

You did not specify if you wanted the wiring diagram for the Expedition or the Explorer, so I got you both. Good Luck

1998 Ford Expedition Stereo Wiring
Constant 12V+ White/Purple Switched 12V+ Black/Pink Ground Black/Green Illumination Blue/Black Dimmer n/a Amplifier Remote Blue Antenna Right Front Front Speakers 6" x 8" Doors Left Front (+) Light Blue/White Left Front (-) Orange/Light Green Right Front (+) Dark Green/Orange Right Front (-) White/Light Green Rear Speakers 6" x 8" Rear Doors Left Rear (+) Tan/Yellow Left Rear (-) Gray/Light Blue Right Rear (+) Brown/Pink Right Rear (-) Orange/Red
1998 Ford Explorer Stereo Wiring Constant 12V+ Light Green Switched 12V+ Yellow/Black Ground Black Illumination Light Blue/Red Dimmer n/a Antenna Trigger Orange/Blue Antenna Right Front Front Speakers 5" x 7" Doors Left Front (+) Orange/Light Green Left Front (-) Light Blue/White Right Front (+) Dark Green/Orange Right Front (-) White/Light Green Rear Speakers 5" x 7" Rear Door Left Rear (+) Gray/Light Blue Left Rear (-) Tan/Yellow Right Rear (+) Orange/Red Right Rear (-) Brown/Pink

The charge light flashing orange-orange-orange-green....-orange-orange-orange-green.... usually means the battery has reached the end of its life and now it needs replacing.

There are three ways to test your battery:

1) If the battery has a button on the bottom of it and a row of 5 leds, then push AND HOLD the button for 5 seconds. The LEDs should all turn OFF, then turn back on showing a pattern. If all five LEDs turn on, the battery is dead.

2) Open the Dell Quickset application (doubleclick it in system tray), go to Battery Meter, go to the battery health tab, and pick your battery. It should tell you there if the battery is healthy or not.

3) Reboot your computer and go into the bios. Pick the Battery tab in the bios. It will list the battery health there.