Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, no power light, battery light flash orange, wifi light flash blue and orange I bought the Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop in 2008. I use the laptop as a desktop, so I never plugged in the battery. Everything was normal yesterday and I shut down the laptop before went to bed. This morning when I connected the AC adapter to the laptop, there's no power light, the batter light flash orange, the wifi light (on the right side of the laptop) flash blue and orange. When I press down the power button, I can hear the fan start running, nothing else, black screen, battery light still flash orange, wifi light still flash blue and orange. I plugged in the battery and see the same problem. (When I press down the power button, I can hear the fan start running, nothing else, black screen, battery light still flash orange, wifi light still flash blue and orange.) Operating system: Windows Vista. Anyone can help me find out the problem? I am desperate now since I need to access information inside it.

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Press the Fn Key plus F2 to activate wireless, it is off by default

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There is a small board that the power button is integrated into that connects to the motherboard. When this power board malfunctions it will cause this issue with the machine. It can, and quite often does, damage the motherboard when it malfinctions. You should take the machine in for a power board replacement and a diagnostic to make sure that the power board hasn't damaged the motherboard.

Ginko

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• Posted on Apr 22, 2009

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On the long term, a power adapter with a bigger amperage can damage battery and battery charger.

Better to get an adapter with same specs as the 65/70W one , or an original replacemant:

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Battery.

Dell has a chip internal to the battery programed to shut down after a certain number of charge cycles. This means every time you plug the laptop in with the battery installed. When it reaches this determined number the battery effectively shuts down, even though technically it's still good. There have been loads of complaints on the net toward Dell over this issue. I have myself experience this. Battery good one day, powered down, went home, powered up... only to receive the deadly flashing light. Only cure is to replace battery. Several hacks trying to get around this but they're all horrible. Bad Dell - bad, bad Dell!

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Hi

Thank you for yuor query

Please can you try the following

1) Remove battery
2) Remove wall charger
3) Press and hold the power button in for 30 seconds
4) Plug in wall charger only
5) Retry powering the laptop and if it switches on plug battery in after 5 minutes

Regards
Shauqat