Dell Inspiron 1150 won't turn on. Help!

Press power button, 2 outer LEDS flash once, the right LED (battery?
continues to flash amber a few times, then quits. No sound at all
screen remains black throughout. Same result whether AC adapter i
attached or not. Last 2 times used, received a low power warning, so
attached to AC, but the computer shut down anyway. Noticed that i
seemed to be taking longer to recharge recently, with shorter batter
'life'.
How do i diagnose whether its a problem with the battery (original), A
adapter, or something else ? Have just 'inherited' this old computer
not familiar with it, and not overly technical. Thanks

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Marky

On Oct 20, 2:10*pm, undisclosed wrote:
> Press power button, 2 outer LEDS flash once, the right LED (battery?)
> continues to flash amber a few times, then quits. No sound at all,
> screen remains black throughout. Same result whether AC adapter is
> attached or not. Last 2 times used, received a low power warning, so I
> attached to AC, but the computer shut down anyway. Noticed that it
> seemed to be taking longer to recharge recently, with shorter battery
> 'life'.
> How do i diagnose whether its a problem with the battery (original), AC
> adapter, or something else ? Have just 'inherited' this old computer,
> not familiar with it, and not overly technical. Thanks.
>
> --
> Marky

Sounds like a dead battery because the P/S adapter is not charging,
right? When you plug-in the adapter an LED should come on...if
not...assume you need a new adapter. Cheap from eBay...$12 vs $70
from Dell.

bob_v

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Bob Villa typed on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:44:28 -0700 (PDT):
> On Oct 20, 2:10 pm, undisclosed wrote:
>> Press power button, 2 outer LEDS flash once, the right LED (battery?)
>> continues to flash amber a few times, then quits. No sound at all,
>> screen remains black throughout. Same result whether AC adapter is
>> attached or not. Last 2 times used, received a low power warning, so
>> I attached to AC, but the computer shut down anyway. Noticed that it
>> seemed to be taking longer to recharge recently, with shorter battery
>> 'life'.
>> How do i diagnose whether its a problem with the battery (original),
>> AC adapter, or something else ? Have just 'inherited' this old
>> computer, not familiar with it, and not overly technical. Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Marky
>
> Sounds like a dead battery because the P/S adapter is not charging,
> right? When you plug-in the adapter an LED should come on...if
> not...assume you need a new adapter. Cheap from eBay...$12 vs $70
> from Dell.
>
> bob_v

Before you do anything Marky, take the battery out and then try it.

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Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

Thanks Bob, Bill. I appreciate the quick replies. Removed the battery
attached the AC adapter and pushed the power button - no LED's, n
response whatsoever - a dead parrot. May I conclude, therefore, that th
AC adapter is the problem ? (Of course, the battery might also b
defective, I suppose

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Marky

In news:,
undisclosed typed on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:50:53 +0100:
> Thanks Bob, Bill. I appreciate the quick replies. Removed the battery,
> attached the AC adapter and pushed the power button - no LED's, no
> response whatsoever - a dead parrot. May I conclude, therefore, that
> the AC adapter is the problem ? (Of course, the battery might also be
> defective, I suppose)

Hello Marky! Yes there is a very good chance that both the AC adapter
and the battery is bad. But there is no way anybody can say with 100%
certainty. As the power regulators inside the laptop could cause the
same problems unfortunately.

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Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

Thanks, Bill. A friend has since tested the adapter and found it to b
dead. So I've ordered a new one thru Ebay (cheap!). Let's hope that doe
the trick
Mar

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Marky