M1530 not charging

I currently own an M1530 and just today I had this problem of battery not charging. I ran the laptop on battery and did a diagnostic from bios, after like 2hrs the laptop shut down, I guess it was because of empty battery. When I plugged in and switched on, it said "plugged in, not charging" and the battery was at 0%. Then I tried to take the battery out, left it for some minutes and attached it back to the machine and it worked again, it is able to charge now. Does anyone know why this happened, I searched the forum and there are some people having the same issue as me, but it seems their 1530 doesn't fix itself like mine.
My bios version is A12, 6-cell battery.

 

I am not sure if you had a fluke with the batt or not as it is working again. I have the 1530, and have had similar problems. But, mine required either a repair, or a replacement of the battery. And, I was running A12 on my 1530.

I would keep an eye on it to see that it doesn't happen again. If it does happen again fairly soon..you will know you have a problem.

How long have you had your 6 cell for?

Cin

 

I've been using it (and the whole of my machine) for 1 month and it suddenly developed this problem. Is there any possibility that letting the battery drained completely caused the problem temporarily ? Has anyone here been faced with my situation, pls help.

 

I think you will be fine. IMO this was a fluke event. IF you feel that you need to calibrate the battery, then go for it. Otherwise, you will be safe leaving it alone.

 

Well, if it's working now, and it was a *temp* problem don't worry so until *if and when it happens again*. It it does happen again, then worry. It may have just needed to have a good recharge because the battery was drained so.

That is why you have a warranty on your laptop, and the one year on your battery to deal with things like these...


Cin.

 

Thks, I guess I shouldn't be worried too much. I've read that this problem may be caused by mobo/Ac adapter (or charger), if these are the case, then what will the symptom be like ?

 

IF that were the case, then your battery would not charge at all.

 

If, and when it does happen....your battery will not hold a charge...it will state: Plugged in not charging. That is how you will know. And, it will be constant. It will be very similar/if not the same to what happened to you tonight.

(The AC Adapter could go bad if there is a bad connection ie..socket, bad connection, etc).

Cin.

 

Weird, after googling, I've found this guy on another forum with the same problem and same fix as me (!?), his laptop is an Inspiron though. "On the laptop I'm on now (Dell Inspiron 1501) I used to have this issue. It would only happen when the battery completly drained. If I shut it off before it drained, I was fine. However, I could fix it by popping the battery in and out." . So I think it IS because I left the battery drained completely (maybe along with bios bug), rather than mobo/charger, that caused the prob. Any ideas ?