HI,
After years of loyal service my laptop has developed a strange hardware problem, which I cant seem to to the bottom of...
When powering up from battery (replaced within the last 3 months), its has the 7 beeps of death [hardware/cpu fault) and wont post, however if the mains lead is plugged in (and battery still attached) it boots normally! Directly after the post I am able to remove the power lead and the laptop continues to function as normal. The battery shows as fully charged and lasts a good couple of hours in use... Does anyone have any ideas what stops it passing the post when on battery only?
I also have a older Dell 7010 which utilises the same battery type and the fault can be recreated even when swapping over the two batteries?
Many thanks for any suggestions...
After years of loyal service my laptop has developed a strange hardware problem, which I cant seem to to the bottom of...
When powering up from battery (replaced within the last 3 months), its has the 7 beeps of death [hardware/cpu fault) and wont post, however if the mains lead is plugged in (and battery still attached) it boots normally! Directly after the post I am able to remove the power lead and the laptop continues to function as normal. The battery shows as fully charged and lasts a good couple of hours in use... Does anyone have any ideas what stops it passing the post when on battery only?
I also have a older Dell 7010 which utilises the same battery type and the fault can be recreated even when swapping over the two batteries?
Many thanks for any suggestions...