Laptop will only work when plugged into charger.

[-K8T!E-]

I have a Dell Inspiron mini 900 netbook. When I have the charger plugged into my laptop it will turn on and work fine, but when I plug the charger out, my laptop wont turn on and will immediately turn off if the laptop is on. The battery power stays at 25% all the time. I cant buy a new battery bacause I dont have the money. I won the laptop, so i dont have a warranty :rolleyes: Oh and could you please try and keep answers simple :D Im useless when it comes to computers. :(

[Hazza]

The battery has blown from where you have over charged it previously... Dell Laptops do this alot - 4 out of 4 dell laptops I have had, all the batteries have died.

Unfortunately the only solution is to buy a new battery.

[Recursion]

The battery has blown from where you have over charged it previously... Dell Laptops do this alot - 4 out of 4 dell laptops I have had, all the batteries have died.

Unfortunately the only solution is to buy a new battery.

No it hasn't, you don't "overcharge" a battery, I leave my MacBook and UMPC ones left in charging overnight everysingle night for 8+ hours.

Laptop batteries eventually lose their ability to hold charge, as does EVERY rechargable Li-on battery. But yes, the solution is to buy a new one.

[-K8T!E-]

I've only had the laptop for about 4 months... Thanks for the help, +Rep.

[Recursion]

Hmm, that doesn't sound right, it would normally take a couple of years to lose charge, it sounds like something else could be wrong.

[Jam]

Mine only took about 10/12 months to stop charging.

[Markeh]

The only solution is a new battery. Trust me, I know they can be expensive (for my dv6, they're 100 quid each from HP) but it's the best thing to do.

[DaveN]

Even though you have "won it in a competition" you still under the law have a warrenty, as Dell don't really care as long as you to them are the first registered user, contact them, see what they say

[Yoshimitsui]

Battery are not always under the warranty either, mine wasn't when mine decide it had died, However, i moaned to dell about how may problems i have had with the laptop and they gave one for free. You just have to send hours on the phone with them!

[-K8T!E-]

Thanks, yeah i'll try complaining to dell and if that doesnt work I'll just have to put up with my laptop being plugged into the charger all the time I suppose.

[Londonboyz]

Get a new battery, its the easiest solution.

[GommeInc]

It's possible it might be a laptop issue. My laptop has this exact same problem, and it appeared the "battery is incompatible" - how that's possible I don't know :P It depends if Dell have their own update system seperate to Windows Update (like Sony VAIO have a VAIO update service).

[Chippiewill]

You need to be careful, my Dell stopped recharging for alternative reasons. My motherboard was feeding back power to the power adapter and zapping them :P.

[DaveN]

According to saynoto0870 Dell's support number is 01344 373186 much cheaper than their 0844 number. Just ask for technical support. Give them a ring and see what they say. Of course the agent will want to help you (its programmed into the call centre operators from overseas)