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Battery charge status light flashes: 3 orange flashes followed by 1 green; this is repeated
I posted this problem 2 weeks ago under the wrong section. I also omitted some information. So apologies to those who responded originally but here we go again.
The manual describes this flashing light combination as indicative of the temperature of the unit being too hot to charge. The advise given is to shut down the computer, disconnect from the electrical outlet and let the battery and the computer cool to room temperature. However teh battery was not hot by any means and teh computer was just luke warm (I omitted this fact last time). None the less I did shut down and indeed left it for some time even though everything was cool. However, upon re-start the same condition occurs.. ie the battery charge status light flashes:3 orange flashes followed by one green, repeatedly.
The battery condition screen shows teh battery as being in good order (indicator in the yellow band close to the green band ) and charged at 98%. Generally I get about 1 hours usage when on teh battery altho this seems to ahve dropped since I ought teh machine. In other words everything seems fine so why are these lights flashing? Can I do anything to stop them?
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ejn63
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ejn63
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May 24th, 2007 22:00
There is no way to turn the warning off - a piece of opaque electrical tape will work to block the LED though.
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September 14th, 2015 14:00
What worked for me once (I'm now having the problem again) is to completely drain the battery. This means you will have to keep on turning it on after it shuts down automatically until there is no more response from the laptop at all. After this it seems the battery forgot that it was broken.
"unfortunately" my laptop lasts about 8 hours on its battery so it will be a while until I know whether this will fix it again this time. Other than that my battery seems perfectly healthy so if it doesn't work I'll use some tape.