Dell Latitude charging problems

Jan 15, 2007 1 Replies

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Sparky 19 years ago

I've found several reports on people with bad internal charging circuits for Dell Latitude PCs (I currently have a Latitude C600).

The symptoms include:

-Battery does not charge

-High pitched noise coming from motherboard when plugged into AC adapter. (this is not fan noise - most likely FET?)

I cannot seem to find any information on how to fix (mine is out of warranty). This sounds like a pretty common problem so I was hoping that someone here had some additional information on how to fix. This is not a battery problem as both charge fine in other laptops. Please respond to junkbox1001 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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Captain Midnight 19 years ago

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If the defect existed while under warranty it should still be covered. In the auto industry they have silent recalls so they don't have to have a real recall. I've also seen the phrase "Manufacturer extended warranty" to cover this situation. They don't advertise them. You have nothing to lose by checking into it. Got a free lunch from a friend when I talked him into returning his out of warranty lawn mower. He got a new engine.

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