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I have a Dell e1505 that is not functioning properly. The symptoms began when the battery would not charge or hold a charge. The AC adapter LED is on indicating it is recieving power from the wall outlet(solid green at all times). The battery LED indicator on the laptop blinks orange (indicating low battery), and would randomly stop functioning as if nothing was plugged in (thus draining my battery). Wiggling the AC adapter around would bring the connection in and out from blinking orange to no LED. The battery finally eventually drained as it was not able to charge.
The first thing I did was borrow a battery from a friend with the same laptop, as my first thought was the battery reached the end of it's life cycle. This was not the case as the problem persisted with the borrowed battery and same symptoms.
I went ahead and took the thing apart and noticed the DC jack that is soldered to the motherboard is very loose. I re-applied new solder to the contacts and tried to see if a firmer connection would help, it didn't. I then ordered a new DC jack from ebay and de-soldered the old one and soldered the new one on. After soldering, I powered on the laptop and now the blinking orange light has vanished, but I can not get a solid green light to indicate charging. The new DC jack helped, as the laptop can actually stay on now.. but its feeding off the ac adapter constantly and not giving the battery a charge. It even powers on the battery that I drained initially, but still no go as it will not charge the battery.
The only other problem I can think of is the AC adapter is malfunctioning, even though the green LED is on. Are there any fuses that could have blown to cause these symptoms? Possibly the solder points are worn out? Any ideas were to go from here ?
The first thing I did was borrow a battery from a friend with the same laptop, as my first thought was the battery reached the end of it's life cycle. This was not the case as the problem persisted with the borrowed battery and same symptoms.
I went ahead and took the thing apart and noticed the DC jack that is soldered to the motherboard is very loose. I re-applied new solder to the contacts and tried to see if a firmer connection would help, it didn't. I then ordered a new DC jack from ebay and de-soldered the old one and soldered the new one on. After soldering, I powered on the laptop and now the blinking orange light has vanished, but I can not get a solid green light to indicate charging. The new DC jack helped, as the laptop can actually stay on now.. but its feeding off the ac adapter constantly and not giving the battery a charge. It even powers on the battery that I drained initially, but still no go as it will not charge the battery.
The only other problem I can think of is the AC adapter is malfunctioning, even though the green LED is on. Are there any fuses that could have blown to cause these symptoms? Possibly the solder points are worn out? Any ideas were to go from here ?