Mar/100
Dell Vostro 1400 Charger Problems
Question:”My Dell Vostro 1400 charger stopped charging awhile ago, the dell vostro 1400 battery level stays at 74% for some time now. I don’t know why. I try taking out the battery and only use the charger for my Dell laptop and it works. So I thought the problem would be the battery, but getting a new laptop battery doesn’t fix the problem. What should I do?”
Solution:”
I believe your problem is the charger because Dell has a build in mechanism to make sure the laptop ac charger is Dell before allowing it to charge the battery. However, even if the charger is Dell, if the identifier chip inside the charger is broken, the laptop would refuse to recognize the charger and stop charging.
You can follow this Dell’s troubleshooting guide to try to get the laptop to recognize the dell ac adapter. The troubleshooting guide is a bit outdated though, so I don’t know if it applies to your laptop.
http://ftp1.us.dell.com/diags/R66243.htm
If the troubleshooting does not work, most likely, you will have to buy a new dell battery charger since the laptop cannot identify the charger as Dell anymore. However, before you buy a new charger, borrow someone else’s charger to make sure it will charge the laptop and that is the problem for sure. I wouldn’t want you to waste money on a part that is not necessary. Furthermore, seeing that buying a new vostro 1400 battery does not seem to solve the problem, I think that you can return the battery unless you want to keep it.
If you do have to buy a new charger, I would recommend buying one from www.laptop-battery-adapter.com. because they offer lifetime warranty and free shipping to all chargers at a good price. I think it is definitely worth it to consider buying charger from them.”