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demosincebirth

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6. battery indicater says fully charged 100%. Unplug the charger and it shuts down within 5 seconds ..

Reply to ChromeFoundry (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:55 PM

Oct 2012

just like if you had turned off a switch. Booting it up again and you hit the on/off button andt goes througouh the regular proceedure to boot up. windows does not say it was inproperly shut down. Battery always say fully charged or 99%

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Problems with dell xps 1330 laptop battery. Battery show 4 lights, but when computer unplugged [View all] demosincebirth Oct 2012 OP

If you check online, you'll find batteries for a lot less than what Dell wants. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #1

Thats what i was wondering if the battery charged. I was hoping someone knew some simple demosincebirth Oct 2012 #2

Looking online Mnpaul Oct 2012 #3

Few questions... ChromeFoundry Oct 2012 #4

Battey indicator say 99% charged and also says 1% left of charge, change to AC demosincebirth Oct 2012 #5

battery indicater says fully charged 100%. Unplug the charger and it shuts down within 5 seconds .. demosincebirth Oct 2012 #6

Question - Is the laptop run on the charger most of the time? RC Oct 2012 #7

Computer shuts down when AC charger is unplugged, so it doesn't run on battery. Thats the problem demosincebirth Oct 2012 #8

Here's some battery tips from dell Mnpaul Oct 2012 #9

I take that as being plugged all the time. RC Oct 2012 #10

Yup. demosincebirth Oct 2012 #11

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