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Flashing battery light
Name: sizzzzlerz Date: February 26, 2007 at 19:24:05 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Core Duo/1GB Product: Dell E1505
Comment:
The battery light on my Dell E1505 Inspirion started flashing today and I'm trying to find out what this indicates. It flashes orange 3 times and then turns green before repeating. The light flashes whether or not the power cord is plugged in. When the power cord unplugged, the battery holds a charge so I don't believe its a bad battery. The PC is less than 1 year old anyway. In all other respects, things appear to operate normally.
I contacted Dell support via India but received absolutely no help from the tech. He suggested reflashing the BIOS which, as I expected, didn't do anything. The owner's manual for this laptop is silent as to what the flashing indicates.
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