Vista - No Battery Detected

(My laptop is a Dell Inspiron E1505 w/ Windows Vista Ultimate)Vista states
that no battery was detected, yet i have one inserted. I've tried pulling it
out and putting it back in, even the BIOS settings detect no battery. When I
remove the power cable, it still runs off battery, but the battery light
turns red. Also, I am trying to upgrade my BIOS and as a requirement, you
must have your computer connected to the battery AND to the charger. Please
help!

Is it possible that your battery is old and just about dead? Since that
would easily explain the symptoms your are having.
"Upsidedown25" <Upsidedown25@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't think it's too old. It's only 2 years old and before this happened it
still held a charge.

"JW" wrote:

Two years is a pretty long time for a battery depending on how it is used.

"Upsidedown25" <Upsidedown25@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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check in device manage under ACPI setting. It will be the first line or
second line open it and see what the settings are. The battery can be enable
or disable from there.

"Upsidedown25" <Upsidedown25@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Notebook batteries are rated to last 400 cycles, which is usually one
year of "normal" use. While I have seen them last longer than this it
doesn't happen often. The exact amount of time you get out of the
battery will depend on environment and usage.

If the battery is not being detected in the BIOS then the problem is
either with the battery itself or the battery bay/motherboard on the
system. If you have access to another E1505 I would recommend trying
the other battery in your computer and your battery in the other
computer. Doing this will allow you to test whether your computer can
see any battery, or just fails to see yours.

If the problem is the bay/motherboard then I recommend you contact Dell
technical support (assuming the system is still in warranty, which they
can check) to see about getting it fixed. If the problem is the
battery, and it is outside the one year battery warranty, then you
would need to purchase a replacement.

Larry
Dell Customer Advocate

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