I had it plugged in all day. But, it must not have been charging and wore down the battery. When I plug in the AC adaoptor now, it does not indicate that it is being charged. Is this the problem of the adaptor, or the battery? How can I tell?
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ok first of all check your adapter weather its working or not. For this you can use digital or analog A/C D/C meter. If the adater is working fine the next thing is your main battery pack of laptop. Usually all manufactures only give 1 year warranty for battery pack and in some casses battery pack did not work properly due to extensive charging . If it is in warranty then go to your dealer from where you buy the laptop. The third and final diagnoses for this problem is the system board of your laptop. Because sometimes due tp spike of electricity cause damage to the system board of laptop and make it unabel to charge the battery or even start with the adapter pluged in. \n\nSo if your system board is damaged and its not under warranty then I suggest to get a new one dude.
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That is a pretty old laptop.  I suspect the battery may be so old it may never charge and you will have to get a new one.  One option though is to put the battery in the freezer for a few hours and then give it a couple of days to charge up.  Some times this can revive an old battery for awhile longer.
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This does nto seem to make much sense unless the battery is so old that even at a full charge it does not have enough battery power to run all of the necessary parts of your laptop. You can try this. go into: START, CONTROL PANEL, POWER OPTIONS, under POWER SCHEMES you can pick PORTABLE LAPTOP, then you can check the options below of how you want the laptop to run while plugged in to AC and how to run plugged in to BATTERY POWER.  Hope this helps...\n\nIf neither of these situations fixes your issues, then you may need to go into your SYSTEM Properties and check out to make sure all your devices are performing okay..
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did you make sure the battery is connected to the spade-plug tipped wire?  usually, this is the first thing you do when you get it home, but it's worth checking if you didn't set it up yourself.  there should be a removable plate somewhere on the UPS, you can check it.  Just make sure it's not plugged into the wall when you open the case up.
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Check the battery..Go buy a new Battery.. See if it boots up then..If it dosent then it looks like a computer doctor is needed.Could be costly. If its an old one. it might pay you go buy a newer one.
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are you powering up with your battery alone, or are you plugged into an outlet?\n\nhow old is your computer? is it worth spending money to fix it by going to a computer repair shop?  are your files very valuable?
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This is what Dell says their current warranty is for their notebook computers.  I'm not sure if they changed it over the last seven months?\n\n"Portable computer batteries and AC adapters carry the lesser of either a 1-year limited warranty or the length of the limited warranty for the Dell computer with which the battery or AC adapter, as applicable, is shipped."\n\nIf your laptop had a one year warranty, then you should be covered.  Go back and look at the paperwork Dell send you when you purchased the laptop.
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Hold the botton for 10 seconds and see. some computers are made or even programed that way on XP.\n\nIf that doesnt work, Unplug and check if it will power on using batteries. If nothing check yur cord cause it may be bad meaning yur laptop would not turn on or even charge the batteries. \n\nI f the cord works, it could be the switch on the laptop or the power source. Check yur cord first cause when u carry the laptop by a certified technician, he may charge u plenty and next thing nothing wrong with the laptop itself. Laterz.
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Hi ,\n  The problem seems with the CMOS battery.As u said u were not using it for days, the battery may have discharged. So it is causing the problem. Its like the CMOS battery is responsible for the date and time setup if it dont gives proper backup the time and date resets to start of the century or in some of case it goes to any unwanted date by randomely selecting it. \n  So change the CMOS battery n it will go fine.If u dont know how to change it open ur PC cabinate n  u will see   a shining roung thing just like ur watch battery but it will be a bit big. Take it out a take care while takin it out n  replace it by new one.\n  And you are done.......
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Sorry to hear about the misfortune. You gotta go to the manufacturer website if your unsure on how to install the product. When installing memory in a portable, the manufacturer will usually instruct you to remove the battery and any peripherals attached to the computer, and disconnect the ac power adapter to prevent damage to the pc and the memory.
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Unplug it for a good 5 minutes so it can reset itself to the factory settings.\n\nOtherwise, it sounds like a safety feature.  Perhaps a fuse is out, or a connection has cracked.  No manual, huh?
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1) Of course there is the obvious - Is it plugged in?  \n2)  Make sure the cable (I'm assuming it is not a laptop) is plugged in all the way to the computer box.\n3) Try the monitor on another computer if you can.\n4)  If a laptop - try holding down the Function key - labeled "Fn" usually - and hit the F5 key at the same time - this is a toggle to tell your computer to use another video device when you have one plugged in.  You could be toggled to turn off your monitor and look for one plugged in.  Keep holding and hitting F5 to get back to using your monitor.\n5)  If a laptop - it could be from static electricity build up - it is more common than you think.  The solution is hard to beleive but it does work.  Unplug all cords to the laptop - everything.  Then remove the battery.  Now hold the power button on for 3 minutes.  What takes place at this point is - while you hold it down, the power button is pulling all the static electricity from within.  Replace the battery and connections after the 3 minutes. Amazingly if you do this process you will notice a big difference on your screen clarity.\n6). Your graphics card may be bad, try connecting another monitor to your computer.  At times the graphic card may come loose, try pushing it down on the motherboard.\n7).  The monitor may be broken - it is not uncommon that monitors become broken.\n8).  The motherboard may be bad, but usually more than the monitor would probably be affected. \n\nI hope this helps - best of luck if you are having any issues.
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Turn the power on and leave it for a while, just to see if anything happens.  Are you running the laptop off the battery or mains power?  Just to test, run the laptop off mains.\n\nAlso, check that the fans are working properly and the airways arent blocked.  Just check that everything is seated properly and nothing is left unplugged. Be methodical, so you can eliminate the obvious.\n\nSo could be one of the following:\nFaulty hard disk\nFaulty memory\nFaulty processor\nFaulty mainboard\n\nSorry cant think of anything else\n\nBattery Wizard
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Ok, let's start with the thing it isn't.  It is NOT the battery.  Although that is not to say the battery isn't also bad.  Chances are your A/C Adapter has gone bad and/or the connector inside the laptop(known as the D/C plug) has also gone bad.\n\nYour best bet is to find a local notebook repair shop that can take a look at it and give you a free(or relatively cheap) estimate.  The problem with your description is that there is one major component you've left out...\n\nSoftware.  You'd be surprised, but your o/s could be infected and could actually cause immediate shut-downs.  The question I'd ask is whether or not it shuts down or just IMMEDIATELY shuts off, there is a HUGE difference.  If it shuts down and not off, then it's the o/s and/or software and I HIGHLY recommend taking it into the Geek Squad to have them take a look at it.\n\nIf you have any more information for me I might be able to better evaluate the situation and give you a better answer.  For now, get it looked at by a professional.\n\n-Geek Squad Double Agent...
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unplug it and plug it in again.  if this doesn't work, you may need a new power supply.  if you do need to purchase something, antec is good.
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Maybe your battery has a problem? what I suggest is for you to take out your battery and plug your laptop without the battery. If your laptop works fine, then its a battery problem. If the problem still exist, put back your battery and  change your charger. Did you drop your charger before? there may be some loose connections inside.
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I fix this problem everyday.  You have a loose DC JACK.  If you have a sony, you just have to buy a cable that plugs into your power board.  Most likely it is a sodered on dc jack.  This means you have to get the specs of your mother board, order a new dc jack and desoder the old one off and soder on the new one.  Takes about an hour once you have the part.  If its just the cable your in luck. Try "with the battery taken out" wiggling the dc jack (where the power cord plugs in."  If you can feel it moving thats what it is. Your in luck, its an easy and cheep fix.  You could pick up that part for 10 bucks or cheeper.