Ouch. But 1.5 hours was very typical for desktop replacements. And most batteries fail to be much more than 15 minute wonders at 18 to 24 months.
A big ouch is if the battery failed in a bad way. That is some cell shorted out internally and causes the charging circuit to overheat and fail. What I usually find is that people leave the failed battery in the unit and don't think it can hurt the circuits. Sadly the repair is to replace the motherboard. Which runs about 1/2 the price of a new laptop.
Time to call it in and discuss the options with Dell.
Bob
Ihave never gotten much battery life from my Inspiron since it was new. An hour and a half, max, which didn't seem right. Eventually, the battery capacity got worse and worse until it finally quit entirely.
I finally got around to getting a new battery, but now it doesn't charge properly. When the adaptor is plugged in, the green light will come on for a few seconds, and then blink out. The power meter shows only a 13% charge after multiple days of use. Any thoughts? Is this more likely to be a bad battery or something wrong in the charging system? If the latter, is it worth it to have it fixed?

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