Ensuring Sufficient Power For Your Computer - Dell Inspiron 8200 Manual

Solving Problems: Dell Inspiron 8200
Check the battery status light—
or is a steady orange, the battery charge is low or depleted. Connect the
computer to an electrical outlet.
If the battery status light flashes green and orange, the battery is too hot
to charge. Turn off the computer, disconnect the computer from the
electrical outlet, and then let the battery and computer cool to room
temperature.
If the battery status light rapidly flashes orange, the battery may be
defective. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" in the Dell™ Owner's Manual
that came with your computer).
Test the electrical outlet—
testing it with another device, such as a lamp.
Check the AC adapter—
AC adapter has a light, ensure that the light is on.
Connect the computer directly to an electrical outlet—
protection devices, power strips, and the extension cable to verify that the
computer turns on.
Eliminate possible interference—
lights, halogen lamps, or other appliances.
Adjust the Power Properties—
for the keyword standby in the Help and Support Center. To access the help
file, see "Accessing
Reseat the memory modules—
the display remains blank, reseat the memory modules.

Ensuring Sufficient Power for Your Computer

Your computer's Intel® Mobile Pentium®4 microprocessor requires more power than
the microprocessors used in Dell's earlier portable computers. Your computer is
designed to use the 90-W AC adapter and the 4400-mAh battery that shipped with it;
for optimum system performance, you should always use these components.
The 70-W AC adapters used in some of Dell's earlier portable computers can be used
with your computer, but they will decrease system performance. Likewise, you can
use the 3800-mAh and 3600-mAh batteries from earlier Dell computers, but these
lesser-capacity batteries will discharge faster. Using less-powerful AC adapters or
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If the battery status light flashes orange
Ensure that the electrical outlet is working by
Check the AC adapter cable connections. If the
See the Tell Me How help file or search
Help."
If the computer power light turns on but
Turn off nearby fans, fluorescent
Bypass power