Re: Dell Inspirion refuses to charge battery.

On Apr 8, 4:53 am, "Doug" <data...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You assume way too much. Your problem is entirely with the vendor who
supplied your battery.
As an owner of several Dells I can assure you that they will work with a
(properly constructed) battery from any vendor.
If you want to buy a battery that will work for less than the price
Dell
charges try Pacific Battery.http://www.pacificbattery.com/delle1505.htmlfor your model. Their service
is good and they stand behind what they sell.

Thanks Doug for your advice! I will try these guys out. I am not tied
to Kahlon; I just need some non-Dell options (just as we have for most
other computer peripherals)

Dell Forums are user to user forums and an excellent source of information.
They are moderated for TOS content but otherwise are not "run" by Dell.

Yes. Makes sense. My fault. I was just driven by Dell-hate. Maybe the
guys on the Dell forums will have some other constructive inputs. I'm
trying there today.

BTW your problem certainty isn't operating system dependent, your computers
charging hardware doesn't know or care what OS is installed in your computer
or if in fact a harddrive is even present. A BIOS update that doesn't
specifically address the problem you're having won't do the trick either.

Some level in the computer boot process makes a check, produces the
warning, and allows me to proceed on F1. All I could think of was
BIOS or OS. Maybe I was wrong. What do you think has the code that
does that?

--
Rahul
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