This may be an old problem for you, but it is new to me. My Dell
Inspiron 1501 Notebook is starting up with an error message when
started in battery mode: " Battery cannot be recognized and cannot be
charged." " Hit any key to continue "or some F key to get into the
Bios setup. Battery indicator shows full charge and Windows does load
and all programs still work in battery mode. Found some info by
googling the problem but no fix.

Any fix for this? The battery and notebook were purchased in Jan
2007.

Tom
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To justify the ways of God to man.
AE Housman.

Tom wrote:
> This may be an old problem for you, but it is new to me. My Dell
> Inspiron 1501 Notebook is starting up with an error message when
> started in battery mode: " Battery cannot be recognized and cannot be
> charged." " Hit any key to continue "or some F key to get into the
> Bios setup. Battery indicator shows full charge and Windows does load
> and all programs still work in battery mode. Found some info by
> googling the problem but no fix.
>
> Any fix for this? The battery and notebook were purchased in Jan
> 2007.
>
> Tom
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Malt does more than Milton can
> To justify the ways of God to man.
> AE Housman.
Have you tried to do as instructed, enter the bios, change a non
important parameter, save, exit, reboot, and change back the parameter?

--
John Doue

On or about 11/23/2008 13:05, it came to pass that Tom wrote:
> This may be an old problem for you, but it is new to me. My Dell
> Inspiron 1501 Notebook is starting up with an error message when
> started in battery mode: " Battery cannot be recognized and cannot be
> charged." " Hit any key to continue "or some F key to get into the
> Bios setup. Battery indicator shows full charge and Windows does load
> and all programs still work in battery mode. Found some info by
> googling the problem but no fix.
>
> Any fix for this? The battery and notebook were purchased in Jan
> 2007.
>
> Tom
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Malt does more than Milton can
> To justify the ways of God to man.
> AE Housman.
I have a Dell E1505 with the same battery, also used in the 6400. It's
likely that the battery is bad. They seem to last between 14 and 18
months. Mine started giving warnings that it was at the end of its life
at 16 months, although it charged to 100% it gave very little work time.

The Dell replacements are very pricey and have very poor reviews. I went
with a brand-x, 72Whr replacement off of Ebay at about US$70 that gives
me over 4 hours of battery only work time. YMMV
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...x?sku=312-0461

I did try that. Did not work. Tried another fix recommended on other
forums such as removing the battery and holding down the power switch,
then booting up again. Did not work.

John Doue <notwobe******.com> wrote:

>Tom wrote:
>> This may be an old problem for you, but it is new to me. My Dell
>> Inspiron 1501 Notebook is starting up with an error message when
>> started in battery mode: " Battery cannot be recognized and cannot be
>> charged." " Hit any key to continue "or some F key to get into the
>> Bios setup. Battery indicator shows full charge and Windows does load
>> and all programs still work in battery mode. Found some info by
>> googling the problem but no fix.
>>
>> Any fix for this? The battery and notebook were purchased in Jan
>> 2007.
>>
>> Tom
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Malt does more than Milton can
>> To justify the ways of God to man.
>> AE Housman.
>Have you tried to do as instructed, enter the bios, change a non
>important parameter, save, exit, reboot, and change back the parameter?
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Has no apocalypse or pentecost.
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