But when you plug in the cord the battery either isn t being detected or is simply plugged in but not charging.
Vostro laptop battery not charging.
Blowing the power plug.
Dell uses an intelligent power adapter system when you turn on the laptop the bios program on the mainboard tries to identify the charger via special control wire if for instance the cable that connects to the power jack is damaged or the power jack itself is loose broken the bios might not be able to recognize the power adapter and refuses to charge the battery.
Immediately shuts down when unpluged.
While the pc is off charge the battery for a while.
If the system is showing unknown for the adapter it s either the adapter itself or the mainboard that s the problem.
When the a c adapter is plugged in it will maintain the charge on the battery at whatever percentage it is at but if the power cable gets knocked out and it.
Charging the laptop battery outside the operating system can help isolate hardware related issues.
Vostro 1520 will not charge battery if the system bios does recognize the ac adapter i e it s not showing unknown then chances are it s the battery that s the problem.
Tried removing battery and holding power button on for a minute then reinstalling battery.
Recently my dell vostro 1400 laptop stopped charging the battery when the a c adapter was plugged in.
Blow inside the power cord or into the end of the receptor which plugs into the laptop.
My laptop showed it was plugged in but then at the same time it would tell me it was also not charging.
I ve installed new dell battery and charger.
Turn off the dell pc.
But what if nothing happens because of a dead battery.
Dell vostro 3500 battery issue not charging and wont power on computer with charge help.
If you pull out your dell laptop at your local coffee shop and press the power button you expect the screen to light up and to see a login screen.
It will not turn on with just the a c adapter in without the battery in the laptop.
Click on the battery icon in the system tray in the bottom right corner of the taskbar.
Thankfully you may have a cord with you.
Also blow into the power plug point of the laptop.
Or restart the pc and tap f2 key to enter bios or system setup.
Instructions to fix plugged in not charging dell vostro 1.
So my issue that ive looked everywhere for a solution to is this.
I was about to give this laptop to someone and i reformatted the hard drive to clean it up before doing so.
Try one of the following combinations.
Charge the battery within bios.