Anyone have a problem with the computer using more power than the charger can provide? Does the battery percent drop even though it is plugged in?
348614
Am using this laptop for couple of months. Didn't face any issue as mentioned.
348615
Haven't had any issues with that. Been using it for college for about two months and have had no problems.
410698
I believe this is normal operation. It did that for me with the original power supply. I think it's just to let you know when it's charging vs. battery mode. Hope that helps.
1831340
No actually, no problems that way at all. The only problem I have experienced is that while on-site at a clients I realized I forgot my charger and there wasn't a place in the land that could offer a replacement or a generic option! Why its not a standard HP charger cable I don't know!! But no fan problems. If anything I find it so much quieter than any laptop I've had before.
2243536
I have received the same problem with this battery. I suspect there may be something wrong with the charge regulating circuitry within the battery itself. The laptop should still work with the power cable plugged in.
715003
Saul,I do the same thing, I game heavily, and use it in class. I keep the settings light weight for on battery, ramp to 100% on power. This means I do not game while on battery.While in class using word, power point, Firefox on wireless, downloading and uploading schoolwork and having several tabs in FF open at the same time I get around 4 hours off of a full charge. I'm actually very impressed I was expecting at most 2 hours under that load. But the ssd and smart power management really makes a difference.Hope this helps!
2075150
I have had trouble. My laptop does not stay on unless it is plugged up. This has been happening since I first purchased it.
1402087
The answer is yes and no. Yes it will charge the battery, no because it causes some other problems. For instance: when you first plug it in, your computer will ask you to plug in a dell charger. After this message comes and goes a few times, it will work fully. Another problem that has arisen with my computer is that I need to have a wireless mouse connected in order for my mouse to work correctly. This may be because I have always had problems with my mouse; but it did make the problems worse. Over all I give the charger a 3/5 rating.
1820139
I'm not sure. I would check the voltage coming out of the adapter plug with a VOM meter to see if the problem is the charger or the computer/battery.
347363
Mine operated perfectly while plugged in. The battery icon kept staying, "consider getting a new battery." I found in previous times, that taking the battery out and wiping the contacts on both the battery and the computer solved the problem.
1827589
Not sure but I have found that if the cord from the AC outlet is not plugged into the power supply that connects to the computer is not plugged into the power supply completely it won't charge consistently. The only other thing is your power supply could be defective.
328216
You were supposed to fully charge this when you got it before first use, but it probably will still recharge. If your settings are right, it will recharge just being left in the laptop plugged into a power supply. These are not like alkaline batteries that you use and throw away. If you don't have an AC to DC adapter for the laptop you will need to buy one while they are still readily available. I bought 2 so I would have a spare. Check your settings in the control panel if you don't see the battery charge indicator going up in percentage of battery power. I did not have this problem but it may be you laptop was accidentally set at some point to use only batteries. Let me know if you find an external charger. I bought 2 of these batteries and it would be nice to be able to keep one charged outside of putting it in the plugged in laptop. If such a thing was original equipment Dell probably sells or sold a device, but most of the time I just leave the laptop plugged in unless I need to take it somewhere. I can't say if that is good or bad practice since I don't know how to prevent the laptop from using the battery. There are in fact times you may have to take the battery out and unplug the laptop to deal with never shutting down type problems since simply rebooting will return you to where you left off, stuck.
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Saul, I do the same thing, I game heavily, and use it in class. I keep the settings light weight for on battery, ramp to 100% on power. This means I do not game while on battery. While in class using word, power point, Firefox on wireless, downloading and uploading schoolwork and having several tabs in FF open at the same time I get around 4 hours off of a full charge. I'm actually very impressed I was expecting at most 2 hours under that load. But the ssd and smart power management really makes a difference. Hope this helps!
973090
The battery charger plugs into computer not the battery...???? maybe something is wrong with the charger...take the charger to a computer place and have them check if its putting out ,the charger might not be charging. If you have a voltmeter you can check the charger yourself or maybe the battery they sent you might be bad.
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PS. I have never run the charger completly down or even beyond 60% on hours of use. Enjoy itHector
1935597
Hey, Wyelin. Really sorry for that. I'm afraid that the charger can't charge for the computer because its capacity is too small and the voltage can't support.
1015509
Ha...I guess the one down side...I get about two hours on max performance. I have been thinking about getting a better battery for the laptop (4 hour type or more). However, I need to add my purchase was more for a portable desktop than a mobile computer (tablet, etc...) so it stays plugged in about 85% of the time.
1074687
There is an issue with the charger I have discovered. It is necessary to unplug the charger unit and plug it in again each time you want to charge. When you don't do this it seems to charge, but really does not. In some fashion unplugging refreshes the unit. I operate two batteries and they charge up fully when I do this. I know, sounds weird, but it works. Can do the whole downstairs on two batteries. Amazing how much more expensive the batteries are now though.