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Posted by BigJim on June 18, 2008, 1:28 am
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go into device manager, hardware and look under acpi, there is a reference
to the battery.
If it is not enabled, enable it. That may or may not help. I am writing this
from memory
on a desktop. Laptop is at work.
>
> I have an Inspiron E1505 and having a battery issue. The battery wasn't
> holding much charge and I followed (now, I know poor) directions to
> drain the battery completely by turning off the powersave settings and
> letting the battery drain completely.
>
> The AC will charge the battery and the battery will hold a charge for
> about an hour or so but the laptop (neither XP or the BIOS) will not
> detect that a battery is installed. If I unplug AC, it will stay on
> even though I turned the power save settings back on but it doesn't know
> how much power is left on the battery.
>
> I have checked the tester on the battery and all five lights come on.
> Is there any way to fix it so the laptop will detect the charge on the
> battery since it all seems to be working except the computer reading the
> charge?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Allison
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>
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