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  • gonwk
    Lord of Digital Video
    Lord of Digital Video
    • Dec 2005
    • 1500

    DELL Laptop AC not Working with Dead Battery

    Hi folks,

    I have a "DELL Inspiron 8100" that for the past 8 years has been working A-OK. Everything is Original.

    This morning I turned on the laptop but since I was in a hurry I forgot to plug in the AC power. So, when I came back after half hour the laptop was shutdown ... which is OK ... since I know my battery has been degraded over years and it can hold it's power for only about 40 minutes.

    I took the battery out and tried using it directly with AC power adapter and the darn laptop will not even run.

    Q1: Why does my laptop can not run on AC Charger only?

    Q2: Is the dead Battery the only problem?

    Q3: Or is my problem something else ... bad RAM or bad Motherboard ... or ...?

    Any thoughts to steer me in the right direction would be appreciated.

    Thanks,

    G!
  • Abuilder
    Digital Video Enthusiast
    Digital Video Enthusiast
    • Oct 2006
    • 347

    #2
    laptop can not run on AC Charger only
    I think you answered your own question gonwk.
    They tried to Assimilate me and failed!

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    • ipaulo
      Super Member
      Super Member
      • Apr 2006
      • 291

      #3
      Was the battery in when you tried the charger? I wonder if it needs to have the battery in when using the charger.

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      • doctorhardware
        Lord of Digital Video
        Lord of Digital Video
        • Dec 2006
        • 1907

        #4
        It should not matter whether the battery is in or not. The computer should power up. It sound like the dc power connector on the system board could be bad. I had to replace the connector on my Acer laptop. The battery would stop charging. When the ac adapter is plugged in do you get any of the led on.
        Star Baby Girl, Born March,1997 Died June 30th 2007 6:35 PM.

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        • dazuk1972
          Digital Video Specialist
          Digital Video Specialist
          • Jul 2005
          • 853

          #5
          I've heard a lot of bad new about Dell computers.

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          • Wombler
            Affable Wanderer
            • Jul 2006
            • 169

            #6
            Originally Posted by dazuk1972
            I've heard a lot of bad new about Dell computers.
            Their laptops are superb, their desktop machines leave more than a lot to be desired.


            Wombler

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            • gonwk
              Lord of Digital Video
              Lord of Digital Video
              • Dec 2005
              • 1500

              #7
              Hi Guys,

              Problem Solved ... but you won't believe the cause ... well at least I did not expect that to be the problem ...

              I posted this last night thinking I better get some input from some of you guys ... so I started playing around with it this morning ... and had my Battery slipped in another DELL laptop to get it charged up ... and my local computer gurus thought for sure the Connection on the motherboard was loose ... that is why can't recognize the AC Charger.

              My buddy happen to have an additional AC Charger ... so I reluctantly decided what the heck let's try this AC Charger ... I plugged into my laptop (without the Battery) ... and viola the darn laptop turned on ... so the culprit was the AC Charger ... either the Connection or possibly the Wire from Charger to Outlet was fried since I was getting Green Light from AC Outlet to the AC Charger.

              Well my laptop is on now and the battery is charging fine and I got my Important Data out so even if the laptop crashes this time I am in good shape.

              THANKS for all of your feedbacks!

              G!
              Last edited by gonwk; 12 Mar 2009, 07:34 AM.

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              • atifsh
                Lord of Digital Video
                Lord of Digital Video
                • May 2003
                • 1534

                #8
                Originally Posted by Wombler
                Their laptops are superb, their desktop machines leave more than a lot to be desired.
                Wombler
                perhaps XPS 1330 is their desktop design or thats what dell thinks when they put nvidia card in them...

                morethen half of those machines have display problems.
                Seems like as soon you buy somehing, v. 2 comes out 1.5 times as fast!..!

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                • Wombler
                  Affable Wanderer
                  • Jul 2006
                  • 169

                  #9
                  Originally Posted by atifsh
                  perhaps XPS 1330 is their desktop design or thats what dell thinks when they put nvidia card in them...

                  morethen half of those machines have display problems.
                  It's most definitely a laptop in my book.

                  The problem's caused by graphics chip overheating and I think that's a one off design issue/glitch as their laptops prior to this have been very well received.

                  Dell desktops are renowned for being difficult to upgrade and I've had numerous problems with other peoples machines over the years due to non-standard components.

                  Needless to say that's less of an issue when it comes to laptops.


                  Wombler

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