Hey everyone, Within this past week, I've been having a difficult time with my Dell Inspiron 5150. First, the computer refused to recognize discs. It kept showing up as No Disc when I tried to open DVDs in DVD Shrink 3.1. It didn't work, then was able to read one disc the following day, then absolutely wouldn't read anything else after that. A few days after that, it began to refuse to recognize my power supply, and will only boot off the slowly-dwindling battery supply. Last night, it kept flashing back and forth between the power cord icon and the half-full battery icon. I watched the battery meter for a while, wondering if that meant it was charging... just to see the battery go from 40% to 39%. I guess not. I called Dell, who let me know my warranty expired 8 months ago and won't let me renew it, gah. Any computer experts know what could be wrong with the notebook, that would prevent it from recognizing both discs and the power supply? Thanks, Jen
check the power adapter with a volt meter to see if have the right voltage coming out of it as it might be causing the problem with the rom drive.
on the adapter or on the bottom of the laptop will be marked a voltage & amps for input into the laptop. don't worry about the amps unless you have to get a new power adapter. the voltage might be around 12volts but that is a guess as they are all different. how old is the laptop & battery & what type of battery is it like ni-cad or what??
I checked the voltage, and got a steady output of 19 volts, which is what the battery says it's supposed to be. Any ideas what it could be? Jen
Oh, the fact that the voltage checked out doesn't mean there isn't a problem with the battery? I thought b/c the voltage was good, the battery was too?
