Not with it plugged in and charging. You said it goes out when it's unplugged and turned off.
That would be a very probative test. My bet is the battery is kaput.
OT: WinXP Pro battery power settings
Dec 10, 2017
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Go to control panel/power options/advanced and see what it says under "when I press the power button". It should be "shut down".
It runs a couple hours on battery alone.
OK .. .thanks for the info!
Look at it on the boot up POST. (usually the first screen you see) It should tell you what to hit to get to setup. You could google it. There are power options there too. If you have a light on, it is still on. It may be just sleeping or it may have the aux 5v supply on powering the keyboard mouse and LAN looking for a start signal.
I saw that setting in the options properties tab. I have it now set to: When I press the power button on my computer "ask me what to do."
Previously, I had it set to "shut down," but I wanted to see if it changed anything.
Well, the battery is now charged to 100% and showing it is running on AC power now in the task bar... so I'm going to turn it off, and unplug it from the power source... let it sit a while. Then plug it back in and boot it up and see if it's still at 100% battery.
ok I'm going to wait a bit and see if when I boot it up again if the battery is still at 100%/
You battery is OK then. You are just not turning the machine off. Those settings you are talking about are the timed responses. You need to get to what happens when you hit the power off button. If that doesn't make that light go out go into the BIOS and be sure you don't have any of the wake up options on. I seem to remember Dell likes F2 or Del to get to BIOS but mine are old.
ok I've never messed with the BIOS before, but have seen people discuss it off and on. Currently, I'm trying just unplugging it from the AC power. The light went out when I did that.
If it keeps it's charge when I boot it up, then I guess I can just unplug it when I turn it off.
No, it is powered by the charger, not the battery.
better yet, turn it on without plugging it in and see how long it runs before the battery indicates it is dead.
correct
ok Thanks!
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