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    Plugged in, Not charging

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Trulyfatal, Jan 31, 2016.

  1. Trulyfatal

    Trulyfatal Notebook Consultant

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    Hey NBR,

    as the title says i'm getting Plugged in, no charging scenario.
    every 10-15 seconds it switches from AC Adapter to battery randomly, the screen brightness will go from clear to dark back and forth.

    when i remove my battery from the laptop and let it run only on AC power i get NO shutdowns. so that rules out a faulty AC Adapter right ?

    So im now stuck at 76%.. is my battery dead ?


    does anyone know what causes this, or has (had) same problems as me ?
     

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  2. SMOKE_SKULL

    SMOKE_SKULL Notebook Deity

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    Which machine is it you have? Not sure it makes a differenne though.
     
    SMOKE_SKULL, Feb 1, 2016
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  3. Awhispersecho

    Awhispersecho Notebook Evangelist

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    when that happened to me it was a dead battery.
     
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  4. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Agreed, that usually is a dead battery especially if the level is stuck at 0%...
     
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  5. Trulyfatal

    Trulyfatal Notebook Consultant

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    Alienware 18
     
    Trulyfatal, Feb 1, 2016
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