easysurfer
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I was trying to use one of my laptops last night. It's a used Dell Latitude E5430, to be exact with MX-Linux as the system.
When I bought the laptop (used) I already new the battery was old and would need replacing eventually.
So, last night when trying to use (battery in, power cord plugged in) the laptop would just power on, screen on, then shut down. Then the screen wouldn't even go on and instead just power button go on briefly, then shut down.
I was thinking, maybe something with the video cable as I did replace the LCD screen months back. So, I try the power up, a few more times, still only power button lights up and then shuts down. So, I'm thinking, maybe something with that battery. So, I leave it charged awhile. The try to power up, and the screen does go on. Linux boots up, but then when I shut down, goes into a kernel panic. I end up cloning a HDD with MX-Linux (a working system, different laptop) and try again. Boots up, upon shut down, kernel panic.
So, I try, just the adapter, no battery. No luck. Still either power button lights, then shuts down. Surprising to me as I'd think adapter alone should work.
I decided to buy a new battery (third party as don't want to pay the price gouged Dell prices). Should arrive in a couple of days.
I've read that Dell's batteries has a chip in them. So the [-]crippling [/-] smarts built-in tries to steer consumers in buying their over-priced batteries.
When I bought the laptop (used) I already new the battery was old and would need replacing eventually.
So, last night when trying to use (battery in, power cord plugged in) the laptop would just power on, screen on, then shut down. Then the screen wouldn't even go on and instead just power button go on briefly, then shut down.
I was thinking, maybe something with the video cable as I did replace the LCD screen months back. So, I try the power up, a few more times, still only power button lights up and then shuts down. So, I'm thinking, maybe something with that battery. So, I leave it charged awhile. The try to power up, and the screen does go on. Linux boots up, but then when I shut down, goes into a kernel panic. I end up cloning a HDD with MX-Linux (a working system, different laptop) and try again. Boots up, upon shut down, kernel panic.
So, I try, just the adapter, no battery. No luck. Still either power button lights, then shuts down. Surprising to me as I'd think adapter alone should work.
I decided to buy a new battery (third party as don't want to pay the price gouged Dell prices). Should arrive in a couple of days.
I've read that Dell's batteries has a chip in them. So the [-]crippling [/-] smarts built-in tries to steer consumers in buying their over-priced batteries.