SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!?

Question

See I got this laptop about a year and a half ago and I never knew if it was charging when I pluged it in but when I turned it on the battery was fully charged. But the battery will not get fully charged and it's really annoying. So howdo I chrage it to make the battery full properly, and how do I know if it's even charging. Also it's a Dell Inspiron 1501.

Answer 1

I had the same problem with my Dell Inspiron 1501, the battery in it was just not lasting, what happens is, when I saw the battery icon at the bottom, i moused over it and it said like 26%, so I went ahead to start charging it..DONT DO THAT. What happens is it is building up memory to not charge as long as it should, so the battery life wont last as long! What  I ended up doing was getting a whole new battery for my laptop, since then it works GREAT! So my advice, is to go buy another one, and then DONT charge it unless its about to go completely dead, SO SORRY I said so much, but I was just letting you know what I went through. :)

Thanks, and good luck to you. :)

Answer 2

sounds like your battery is dying.  Happens to all batteries, no matter how much you pay for them.

I'd recommend you do a search on ebay for your laptop's battery (usually it's about $50 cheaper to do that than it is to buy it from dell)

Answer 3

I am so sorry

out 2 dells are pains-in-the-NECK.

the battery may be dead/dying

you might need to buy a new one

Answer 4

There should be an icon down by the clock that tells you the status of the battery.Just move the mouse pointer over it.