Dell Battery Issue

puimotat · 07-06-2007, 03:25 PM

Hey all,

I've got a Dell Latitude D600, 512mb RAM, 40gbHD, Pentium M 1.4GHz, dell computer corp. a11 4/26/2004 BIOS, Windows XP Home SP2.

I've got a problem with my battery's health meter physically on the laptop, the little light that flickers red when it's about to die. The problem is that it flickers about 4 times red and then one time green, and then it goes red again. It holds the charge and there are no issues with charging it(there is also no problem with the charge being read in XP), the light just seems to have seizures. When the battery is taken out and just the power supply is plugged in, there is no problem. What could possibly be the problem? A change that I had made recently was an update to the gv3.sys file because it kept giving me a blue error screen, and heres what i did to fix it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888399 but that is the only thing i have updated. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks!

**TheMatt** · 07-06-2007, 07:56 PM

Hi, and welcome to TSF!

I am not exactly sure I understand the problem. Is the light only the issue? This could very well be normal behavior because of the way batteries loose voltage when dying.

powerbhidee · 07-11-2007, 02:27 AM

Hey even I own the Dell D 600 and the light that flickers is the normal routine

It flickers Red for a fw times wen Battery is low
And suddenly shows a geen flicker in between
Not a problem really, so RELAX...........

07-06-2007, 03:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
puimotat Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1 OS: Win XP	Dell Battery Issue Hey all, I've got a Dell Latitude D600, 512mb RAM, 40gbHD, Pentium M 1.4GHz, dell computer corp. a11 4/26/2004 BIOS, Windows XP Home SP2. I've got a problem with my battery's health meter physically on the laptop, the little light that flickers red when it's about to die. The problem is that it flickers about 4 times red and then one time green, and then it goes red again. It holds the charge and there are no issues with charging it(there is also no problem with the charge being read in XP), the light just seems to have seizures. When the battery is taken out and just the power supply is plugged in, there is no problem. What could possibly be the problem? A change that I had made recently was an update to the gv3.sys file because it kept giving me a blue error screen, and heres what i did to fix it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888399 but that is the only thing i have updated. Any help would be appreciated. thanks!

07-06-2007, 07:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Dell Battery Issue Hi, and welcome to TSF! I am not exactly sure I understand the problem. Is the light only the issue? This could very well be normal behavior because of the way batteries loose voltage when dying. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

07-11-2007, 02:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
powerbhidee Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Media Centre Edition	Re: Dell Battery Issue Hey even I own the Dell D 600 and the light that flickers is the normal routine It flickers Red for a fw times wen Battery is low And suddenly shows a geen flicker in between Not a problem really, so RELAX...........