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Posted on Dec 27, 2007

Flashing red light

A light on the right of my notebook is flashing red then green for about a week now

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If the sequence is 4 red, green, 4 red, green and so on- that's a code that indicates your battery is failing and is only providing less than 25% of its normal charge capacity.

That would mean your battery is basically dying and will probably keep headed downhill in a hurry. You should probably go ahead and start looking at getting a replacement.

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