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05-18-2010, 12:51 PM
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#1 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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| Dell XPS1530 charging problem
Hey so its been over a year that my laptop has been this way.. basically it dosnt charge. Is it my battery that is done or the motherboard?
in the beginning when it acted up.. my laptop would only charge upto 20% and then stop. currently its now at 0% and is plugged in the wall. There are times though where it made charge 1% a month.
has anyone else encountered a problem like this? is there anything i can do about it?
thankyou
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05-18-2010, 01:58 PM
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#2 | | Zombie Mod
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How old is the laptop? Batteries are usually good for a year or less, with regular use. You probably need a new battery. One from Dell is around $175 or so. You can go to Dealextreme and get one for a quarter of the cost.
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05-18-2010, 02:03 PM
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#3 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Hard to know whether it's the battery or the laptop, unless you have another similar laptop to test your battery in, or have a similar battery to test in your laptop.
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05-18-2010, 02:20 PM
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#4 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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My laptop is 2.5 years old but not too sure what the problem is, thats why i dont want to buy a battery just yet. Unfortunately i know of no one that has the same laptop has me.. so i cant really test my battery or laptop. But how the charging started to fail ... was really weird.... it was always on and off... then only charged to 20% for a good month. then stopped. i just want to know if anyone has had the same problem with their dell laptops
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05-18-2010, 02:23 PM
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#5 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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Make sure it isnt the charger it self a well, dell use to have some bad chargers back in the day.
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05-18-2010, 02:38 PM
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#6 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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well my charger is the only thing keeping my laptop running ... but battery life is currently 8% not charging. Am i better off bringing it to some repair shop?
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05-18-2010, 03:14 PM
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#7 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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I put money on the battery.
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05-18-2010, 03:17 PM
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#8 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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Dr Battery sales laptop replacements. check for pricing. Plus they are local! http://www.drbattery.com/model/dell/...xps+m1530.aspx | |
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05-18-2010, 04:26 PM
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#9 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Yeah, sounds like most likely it's the battery, not the charging components.
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05-18-2010, 04:56 PM
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#10 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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alright thanks all =)
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