In this instruction - about the possible reasons for the flashing of the Charging LED on Dell Inspiron, Vostro, Latitude, XPS and other models and about correcting the situation where it is possible. It may also be interesting: how to download the original recovery image for the Dell laptop.
Dell Charge Indicator constantly flashes, while the laptop works fine
On some modern Dell laptops, where the only LED (white) is used to indicate the charge and network connection (on early models, there were 2-4 separate indicators on early models) Some users pay attention that without visible reasons he starts to flash when working, while Some specific pattern is missing.The reason is that this LED can work both in charging and alerts for the connections of the charger and in the mode of displaying the hard disk activity or SSD.
To switch these two modes, the combination of the FN + H keys (English) is used - simply press it and the indicator will work again in normal mode. And the fact that previously indication was changed is usually associated with randomly pressing the same key combination during the text set.
Other situations when the battery LED flashes on Dell Laptop
On Dell laptops equipped with several LEDs and in the case when they blink with a specific system, switching between white and orange (on some models also green) This color usually talks about problems, namely:
- Too strong battery discharge or high battery temperature (usually - indication by permanent orange flashing, including when charging).
- Damage to the battery cells (one of the templates on inspiron - 4 times orange, once - green, but there may be others).
- On not the newest (but not the oldest) Dell Latitude laptops with three indicators, various flares of flashing between white and orange are used to indicate hardware faults. Read more - on the official website: dell.com/support/article/ru/ruudhs1/sln155342/diagnostic-and-battery-indicators-for-dell-tititude-notebooks-and-tablets
- Also, the indication may report not to the original or non-defined charging laptop and the battery (and the Dell laptops are first determined as "relatives", and not just immediately take power from them).
In some cases, there are no problems as such: for example, on some Dell laptops, the indicator flashes after replacing (or disabling and connecting the battery) and passes after the first charging. Also, for some laptops, BIOS updates associated with spontaneously flashing charge indicator (check for updates for your laptop on the official website).
If the reason cannot be determined, and the battery is removable (or you can disable the "non-removable" battery), try to disable it and check whether the problem is saved without a battery and whether it appears again when it is re-connected. If the situation does not depend on the availability of a battery, the reason may be in the charger - Dell has enough capricious: laptops may not work with not original and "universal" charging, as well as in the case of relatively minor damage to cable cable or plug contacts / connectors (or their Pollution).
If you fail to figure out what is the reason for the flashing of the indicator, write in the comments the exact model of the laptop, as well as describe exactly how and under what conditions it flashes, maybe I will succeed to prompt the reason and the solution.
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