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Dell 1750 laptop battery charge

by bryfly Nov 6, 2009 10:54PM PST

Hi, can somebody tell me should the battery charge upto 100%, mine says "plugged in and not charging" and it is only at 83%, my old laptop used to charge upto 100%...........cheers

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2 things.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 7, 2009 12:28AM PST

1. Most Dell batteries are 300 cycle rated. If this is over a year old then you want a new battery.

2. Some Dell machines have a BATTERY CALIBRATION feature or procedure. This is not an offer to find this for you. Ask dell or get to dell.com and read the docs, ask Dell, etc.

If this battery is over a few years old, there is a worse problem. As the battery ages and fails it can fry the charging circuit. How would you explain to the many folk out there than an old battery is not a good thing.
Bob

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