Going Crazy...HELP PLS

Nas7000 · Nov 23, 2007

Hello,

I have been working on this for too long, I think I need acpi control method battery drivers but I cant find them anywhere....I formatted my notebook (dell Inspiron 700m) and now my battery is no longer recognized. No meter nuthin just randomly shuts off...I need help please.

Fred_G · Nov 23, 2007

What operating system are you running? Most Windows drivers are available at Dell.com (I can't get to it right now).

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Nas7000 · Nov 24, 2007

Thanks for reply im running XP Pro sp2. This has happened to me before, I never got to fix it but I think the problem lies in the ACPI drivers. For some reason every download link for those drivers is broken. It might not be that, so any suggestions are much appreciated. Oh almost forgot, I now get the old "It is now safe to turn off computer" message when I shut down. I know my power supply is ATX, could that mean something? EDIT: OK just shut down this notebook and I did not receive that message on this one, but this might be because I used driver magician before the format to backup all my drivers hoping not to have this problem, unfortunately, my battery is still unrecognized. I even tried to flash my bios and it keeps saying I have to have both AC and battery plugged in even though they are. It just doesnt seem to know there is a battery installed.

plodr · Nov 24, 2007

1. Why did you format instead of using the Dell restore cd?
2. Are you sure the battery is not dead?
3. Have you searched the Dell forum?
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/?category.id=Tech_Talk
4. Have you tried chatting with Dell support?
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/gen/chat?c=us&l=en&s=gen

http://support.dell.com/support/top...1&lang=36441~7~380490&doclang=en&toggle=false
scroll down to Portable Specific Items.
Battery Bar and Power Meter can be launched manually; the first only when you are on battery power alone.

Power Management Schemes explained
http://support.dell.com/support/top...1&lang=36441~7~380490&doclang=en&toggle=false

To access the Dell QuickSet utility through the Start menu:
1. Click the Start button.
2. Click the Control Panel icon.
3. When the Control Panel window appears, click the Performance and Maintenance icon.
4. When the Performance and Maintenance window appears, click the Power Options icon.
5. When the Power Options Properties window appears, click the Power Schemes tab.
6. From the Power schemes drop-down menu, select Maximum Performance (QuickSet).
7. In the Settings for Maximum Performance (QuickSet) power scheme section, adjust the Plugged in and Running on batteries settings to the desired preference.
8. After adjusting the settings, click the Apply button.
9. Click the OK button.
Look these downloads over to see which Quickset software is yours.
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?cat=sup&subcat=dyd&c=us&l=en&s=gen&k=quickset

Nas7000 · Nov 26, 2007

Dont have a recovery cd so I got my own Windows, The battery worked perfectly before I formatted and it still works just not recognized, no meter the comp says its still on ac power even when its only on batt. alone. And for the inspiron 700m there is only a quickset removal tool.

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