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| Thread ID: 83786 | 2007-10-13 07:11:00 | New battery not working in laptop | Johnnz (7246) | Press F1 |
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| 601084 | 2007-10-13 07:11:00 | Just received my new battery from Laptopbattery.co.nz today in the mail - very fast delivery. Problem is that it doesnt appear to work... When I installed it and plugged in the mains power to my Inspiron 6000 the battery light blinks green twice about 5 seconds apart, then flashs orange furiously. It would seem that my laptop doesnt want to charge the new battery? The old battery was a Dell D5318 rated at 53WH (I presume this is the same as 5300mAh? or perhaps it means approximately 4800mAh (W= A*V)? The new battery (stated as a replacement for D5318) is a 7800mAh battery, and belly-well expensive too! Anyway, I am wondering whether the problem may be my power supply not able to supply enough current to charge it? Power supply is a Dell rated at 3.34A at 19.5V. Or, do you think that the battery is DOA? There was no light on the built in battery meter at all when I first unpacked it. Normally I thought lithium batterys came with charge out of the factory - at least enough to light up the meter a bit. manufacturing date is May 2007. |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 601085 | 2007-10-13 08:01:00 | Woudn't it be best to contact the seller asap? Who better to advise you? | linw (53) | ||
| 601086 | 2007-10-13 09:10:00 | I had half a mind to visit Dick Smith and see if a universal power supply of higher power output might work. Of course I have already attempted contacting the seller. | Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 601087 | 2007-10-13 10:24:00 | In the meantime, it is best to wait for a day or two for PF1 oldies to post replies on what to do. I would suggest you abort attempting to charge the new battery. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 601088 | 2007-10-14 01:49:00 | 53WH will mean 53 watthours, so the mAh rating will be approximately 53/10.8 (or 53/14.4) and the new battery has a considerably greater capacity. That's a good thing, as long as you can use it. :D Usually, the charge controller will prevent the battery getting too high a charge current. The battery won't be harmed by being charged at a lower rate. The battery's clever chip will have told the computer charger what its capacity is, and I suppose the charger might decide that it can't supply the maximum current that the battery can accept. Persist with the battery vendor. Maybe ask Dell, but they might just say " buy a Dell battery". :( |
Graham L (2) | ||
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