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Dell Inspiron 1200 help

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maxemo

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I had a friend give me an inspiron 1200 notebook that seemed to have a virus because it took forever to boot. I told him I could do a clean install of XP on it and it should fix it. I turned it on just long enough to put the disc in and restarted. Everything went fine until I started doing the updates. I noticed the battery indicator on the tool bar while I had the charger plugged in. The battery now is just about dead. Can someone tell me if I missed something or did this notebook just die on me? I hooked a meter to the plug and its putting out 19 volts. All help would be appreciated.
 
Maybe the charging plug is broke loose from the MB.
Run Crystal Disk Info to check the HD health. If a HD is going bad, it will take longer to boot up.
 
When the battery is out, it will not power up. I went to bios and looked at the battery section. Even with the plug in, it doesn't recognize it.
 
Maybe it's time to hit ebay for a battery.
You can get 8 cell batteries for the Inspiron from rock solid sellers for $34 shipped.

BTW, All the Inspiron batteries I see listed state that they are 14.8v, but the OEM chargers are rated at 19v

Evidently there are fake Dell chargers out there... Amazon photos
 
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If the electrical plug in and the battery out, it should power up. I have another Dell that I leave the battery off to preserve it and just leave it connected to wall outlet. I am thinking the motherboard is faulty but just wanted to confirm with someone else.
 
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