Problem with battery or MB?

deepakvrao

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Feb 17, 2003
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Last few days my Dell Vostro 1200 has a problem. When I run it on just the mains with the battery disconnected, it runs fine, but when I plug in the battery the light on the power adapter goes off and the battery does not charge.

It runs then on the battery till the battery runs out I guess. Have not let the bettery run out yet.

One guy at Dell said its only a battery problem but another said that its a MB issue and that he would sell me an extended warranty for the MB. The extended warranty is 250 USD and I do NOT want to pay that if its only a battery issue.

Any suggestions? I'm in a bit of a hurry as Dell wants a reply to the warranty soon. He said that if I dont take the warranty, and its the MB then the MB itself will be 350 dollars.