How to Check the Charge of a Dell Laptop's Battery
How to Check the Charge of a Dell Laptop's Battery
Do you have a Dell laptop but don't know how much charge it has? Can't turn the laptop on? Just about to go outside and wait for the taxi? This is help you with that task!
1. Take the laptop out of its case.
2. Make sure it is off and not in sleep mode.
3. Flip it over onto it's top so you are looking at the bottom.
4. To identify the dell laptopbattery: Newer models have it underneath. Look for a gray or black rectangle. Older models may have it at the front, where you put CD drives and such.
5. For the newer ones that have the battery on the bottom, look on the battery for a little white rectangle with 5 lights on it. There will be a button next to them. Push it. The lights will come on. The number of lights will give you an estimation on how much it has left.5-Full. 4-80%. 3-60%. 2-40%. 1-20%. None-0%. If it is a half, the lights will stay on and the last one will blink. 4+1=90%. 3+1=70%. 2+1=50%. 1+1 =30%.
6. For the older ones, take out the battery and look in the inside, where the connector is. There should be the same as above, a little pad with 5 lights on it. Do that same as above.
Chargedell laptop battery example:
How to Charge a New Dell Inspiron 6000 Battery
1. For your first use you must fully drain the Dell Inspiron 6000 battery until the laptop goes into hibernation.
2. Know that after that plug in your charger and allow it charge for 12 hours or depending on what the technician has told you. 12 hours is the max and you can use it while charging.
3. Charge new dell Inspiron 6000 battery for three times at first. After that it will take less than 2 hours to fully charge your Dell Inspiron 6000 battery.
4. Learn that this is recommended so that the Dell Inspiron 6000 battery will heat up for the time allowing ions to reawaken.5Fully drain and fully recharge your dell inspiron 6000 battery pack every few month