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Dell Inspiron 700M - Battery Charging Problem

post #1 of 6
8/29/08 at 6:08am
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I have been looking for 2 days and could not find any answer for this particular problem. I have found a lot of threads about it but none of them actually ended up being solved.

Problem:

When i boot up my laptop, it starts just fine, then shows the DELL logo with the boot option (Press F2 for boot setup , etc) , then it goes to a black screen saying that:

"Battery can't be identified. This system will be unable to charge the battery until this battery is removed."

Press F1 to continue

I mean how can you charge the battery if the battery is not in the laptop. Bah..

Also, how do you check if the battery is in bad/good condition?
since it doesnt have the led indicator thing. Is there a way to make sure that the battery is bad or good?

I just noticed as well that the battery is actually recognized. When i go to Device Manager and click on the battery icon, it says the battery is charging.

sooo....

Hellppppppppppppppppppppppp !!!!!

Will reflashing my BIOS to A00 (initial/original version) solve my problem?

Have anyone tried Ebay batteries before and is it recommended?
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post #2 of 6
8/29/08 at 7:37pm
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Anyone having the same experience as i am?
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post #3 of 6
8/29/08 at 11:59pm
Your battery is most likely dead, I could also swear that the 700m has a fuel gauge on its battery, but it's been a while since I last worked on one. Might want to check with our battery vendors in the reseller deal boards.
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post #4 of 6
8/31/08 at 10:30pm
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Well i would like to make sure that the battery is actually dead and not just having some other problems resulting in battery not working.
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post #5 of 6
9/1/08 at 1:17pm
How old is the battery? If it's the original battery you got with the system odds are its dead.
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post #6 of 6
9/8/08 at 8:55pm
It seems like you have a BIOS problem. Update your BIOS to the latest version or flash it back to the previous version when the battery was recognized.
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