Date: 06/18/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

A few days ago, my laptop got down to 2% battery, and the light in the case that shows low battery/critical battery started flashing orange, to tell me that the battery's flat.
So that was fine, I charged it. Except the light hasn't stopped flashing orange. Booting into Windows tells me the battery's on 97% or something, and booting into Ubuntu tells me the same thing. The battery's sure it's flat though, and the flashing orange light is getting annoying.

The battery still works fine, and I can leave it running on battery power fine for a few hours, which is as long as it usually lasts. But the laptop thinks it's flat.

Anyone know what I can do to fix this? I've charged it up to 100%, let it go back down to low, then charged it again, which didn't fix it. I called Dell who told me I need to get a new laptop, or at least a new battery. I'll buy a new battery if that's the only way to fix it, but it seems unnecessary since the battery still works fine.


Thanks in advance,
Sarah

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