Download driver for the battery on my inspiron1010

The adapter must be correctly identified,or the battery will not charge. There is a center pin attached to a logic loop in the adapter and in the system -- if that loop is not closed, the adapter will not be identified and the battery will not charge.

The vast majority of third-party adapters will power the system but will not charge the battery as a result. If you're not sure, take the system to a repair shop -- most will have an original Dell adapter you can try if the jack fits the system, it should be identified. Thanks, that makes a lot of sense, I will go and see whether my local Dell supplier can help out.

The NetBook was a second hand buy, to use as my PhD fieldwork laptop that is cheap enough not to worry if it gets stolen, so worth ruling power adapter out before changing the board. Currently when I pull up the power management utility in Mint, it identifies an AC charger, is this what you mean when you say the charger will be identified? Check the firmware - F2 at powerup.

That's where the adapter needs to be identified - if it shows the adapter wattage you're set. If it shows unknown, see the foregoing. I used F2, which loads me into Dell Inc. Phoenix Securecore tm Setup Utility and gives me 5 tabs, Main, Advanced, Security, Boot, Exit, I could not see anything related to power adapters or wattage in any of the 5 tabs.

Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. The INF Manufacturer section defines the manufacturer of the device.

Services section includes an INF AddService directive that specifies additional information about the battery driver. A battery driver's INF file should indicate that the driver is a kernel driver that uses normal error handling and starts during initialization of the operating system. Battery drivers specify the load order group Extended Base. Replies In response to nyc In response to Flyinggibbon.

Browse around in your BIOS. Update - Official Dell Charger bought and plugged in. In response to ejn ILikeItSmall 2 Bronze. Hi, even if my answer won't help on the original question battery voltage I would like to share my experience with laptop power adapter and charging.

Hope this info helps anyone out there. Perhaps other power adapters fail because they just haven't enough amps output? Post Reply. Top Contributor.