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Device: Dell Inspiron n5110
Purchase Year: 2012
Kernel: 4.20.10-arch1-1-ARCH
Battery Model: W7H3N06
AC Adapt Model: SK90195334
I am having an issue that just presented itself last night. I was compiling a java program and it was taking quite a while, and the CPU usage was 100% for.. probably close to 10 minutes. The laptop was getting hot, the cpu fan spun up, I was preparing to kill the compile so it didn't overheat, and the laptop crashed. Immediate power-off.
I powered the system back on, everything is functioning correctly, but when i unplugged the AC adapter the laptop shut off. The battery is recognized and seen by the OS, and according to the OS it's 'charging'. But it's been at 75% since. It is not charging the battery, and it's apparently not using the battery either.
I rebooted the system, holding down the fn-key to boot into the diagnostic tool, ran the basic tests, and it claims the battery is fine, 100% health, 75% charge, charging.
Upower reports:
native-path: BAT0
model: DELL W7H3N06
serial: 1289
power supply: yes
updated: Wed 20 Feb 2019 10:34:58 AM EST (35 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 54.9339 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 73.26 Wh
energy-full-design: 73.26 Wh
energy-rate: 0.0111 W
voltage: 11.282 V
percentage: 74%
capacity: 100%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'
The battery is a replacement, extended battery, and according to every utility I could think of to check it, the battery is functioning perfectly. The laptop recognizes the battery, but doesn't seem to want to use it as a power source.
I'm pretty certain this is due to the overheating that occurred last night.
So my concerns are, Did I fry something on the motherboard, Did i fry something in the battery, or is something else going on that I can't see? Does anybody have any suggestions or tips to help me figure this out?
Last edited by Ailen (2019-03-05 21:41:43)
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Had a friend order me a new battery off of Amazon. So I'll see if this is a battery issue or something more serious.
One person on the Dell Community Forums confirmed my suspicions that this is a burnt out battery.
Another suggested I flash a BIOS update, even if the BIOS is latest version. O.o
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Definitely fried the battery. Odd that it showed 100% health but was fried.
Purchasing a new battery fixed the problem. Marked thread as solved.
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