Inspiron 1501 Blank Screen/Battery

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by RoyalGeek1, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. RoyalGeek1

    RoyalGeek1 Private E-2

    I have an Inspiron 1501, 2 Gb memory, Vista Home, and when it boots the screen flashes twice and stays black. When I connect an external monitor, I get a message that it cannot detect the battery so it will be unable to charge it. If I am quick enough I can hit the f12 key and tell it to boot to the HD and then it comes up, and Windows reports a 100% charged battery, but this is not so. Also the screen will not show an image while the power supply is connected. This I can only test for a few moments since the battery is very low, and cannot sustain an image, and the machine shuts down.
     

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