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My Laptop Stopped Working :s |
brownlad007
Joined: Jul 22, 2005
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From: The Punjab, Wolverhampton UK.
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hi all,
bought my laptop a couple months ago from dell. Just this problem has started this morning, the laptop will not turn on without the power cable. If i take the power cable out while it is on, the laptop will just go off, no shut down or anything just straight off.
any ideas :s ? i think ive got a 90 day warranty |
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absinthebri
Joined: Feb 11, 2004
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From: London, UK
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Is the battery a bit loose (or the contact pins)?
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amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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when you plug the cable in with the battery in, do you have an LED light (that indicated the battery's status) on? Is it the charging color or charged color?
If it's not on, it means there's probably a battery fault or connector fault as abs pointed out. If it IS on, then it means the battery is drained.
It's recommended that you discharge the battery completely once a month.
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anay
Joined: Sep 17, 2004
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On 2006-04-23 18:13:16, amnesia wrote:
It's recommended that you discharge the battery completely once a month.
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how do we do that?
battery may be faulty? leave it to charge a while.
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brownlad007
Joined: Jul 22, 2005
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From: The Punjab, Wolverhampton UK.
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amnesia, absinthebri... thank you both, it was loose it think. i just took it out, pluged it back and it works fine. thanks to you both !
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absinthebri
Joined: Feb 11, 2004
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If only everything was as easily sorted. 
Glad it's fixed.
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amnesia
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great to see it's been solved
@anay, to discharge it's basically just emptying it.
Just use your laptop with max brightness and play a dvd till it's absolutely drained.
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kk.226
Joined: Nov 04, 2004
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I have the same problem on my laptop, only now the battery life has gone down from 2hrs to 6 mins on a full charge  Think i'll just buy a new lappy
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brownlad007
Joined: Jul 22, 2005
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From: The Punjab, Wolverhampton UK.
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anyone know how to turn the brightness down?
when i plug the power cable in, the brightness of the screen automatically goes brighter.
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absinthebri
Joined: Feb 11, 2004
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It'll be in the manual. With my lapy brighter is fn(function) f10 and dimmer is fn f11
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amnesia
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with my toshiba it's fn and F6 for brightness down.
Look at your keyboard and you should an icon of an arrow down and a sun.
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scottt
Joined: Aug 22, 2005
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From: North Yorkshire
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On a dell its Fn and up and down arrows.  well is on mine anyway
I  my 32GB iPhone 3GS  |
brownlad007
Joined: Jul 22, 2005
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cheers lol, been pressing random keys for weeks |
anay
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On 2006-04-23 18:53:14, amnesia wrote:
great to see it's been solved
@anay, to discharge it's basically just emptying it.
Just use your laptop with max brightness and play a dvd till it's absolutely drained.
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thanks
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brownlad007
Joined: Jul 22, 2005
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From: The Punjab, Wolverhampton UK.
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anyone know how to find out my laptops mac address? |
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Posted: 2006-04-23 18:09
my 32GB iPhone 3GS 
