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From: Yong Huang on 24 Jan 2010 21:31
I bought this Inspiron 1150 laptop in 2004. The battery power can only
last about 30 minutes. Recently I used it on battery till it
completely ran out of power. The next day I plugged power cord in and
used it normally, charging battery to its full capacity. But there's a
problem. The yellow light at the front keeps flashing as if my power
was running out. How can I tell it my power is already fully charged?
If I unplug the power cord now, I can see the blue cylinder power icon
showing 100% full.
From: John Novicki Jr on 25 Jan 2010 09:39

"Yong Huang" <yong321(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I bought this Inspiron 1150 laptop in 2004. The battery power can only
> last about 30 minutes. Recently I used it on battery till it
> completely ran out of power. The next day I plugged power cord in and
> used it normally, charging battery to its full capacity. But there's a
> problem. The yellow light at the front keeps flashing as if my power
> was running out. How can I tell it my power is already fully charged?
> If I unplug the power cord now, I can see the blue cylinder power icon
> showing 100% full.

Flashing light means that the battery isn't charging correctly, and being 6
years old, probably is on its last legs. It is reporting as full even
though it probably isn't. If you would try to run on battery power alone,
you probably won't get more than 10 minutes, as the cells are not charging
correctly.

From: Yong Huang on 25 Jan 2010 19:00
On Jan 25, 8:39 am, "John Novicki Jr" <novi...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Flashing light means that the battery isn't charging correctly, and being 6
> years old, probably is on its last legs. It is reporting as full even
> though it probably isn't. If you would try to run on battery power alone,
> you probably won't get more than 10 minutes, as the cells are not charging
> correctly.

Thanks John. That makes sense. I'll think about whether to replace
this laptop or just the battery.
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