How do I determine if my laptop battery is defective, or if the computer isn't charging it?

HP notebooks have a feature "HP Battery Check" it checks if the battery is charging properly. I don't know if Dell has anything similar.

1

You bought a battery from Ebay. Well, Ebay is the worst place to buy laptop batteries because most sellers will sell you used or refurbished batteries that they will market as 'new'.

If your computer is running on AC power, your adaptor is fine. Your battery connections are fine too, considering the laptop ran with the new battery (albeit for a little while, but still, this disproves the hypothesis that your battery connections are defective).

The problem is that you are out of luck - you were probably shipped a refurbished battery which looks new but which has minimal or zero battery life.

You need to get a new battery for your Dell Inspiron 6000. You need to buy it from a cheap battery store which sells only new C.E. certified battery.

You can find a high capacity Inspiron 6000 battery at BatteryHippo.com for $72 and it comes with free shipping:

http://www.batteryhippo.com/products/Dell-6000-%28...

If you bought 2 completely new batteries and they only lasted a few hours, it is most likely your computer. Laptop batteries last days and days without being charged. You might just need to charge it every hour or something. I would have a professional look at it just to be sure

Hope I helped

It seems to me it is not the problem of the battery.It is the problem of the charger of your computer.First check all connection then check the charge light(start charge the light should be on when full will change to green) also check the battery icon on your rt hand side on window and tick on it will see how many time or % of powder still has and show any change after charge).It will give you some information about the condition.

Dell has announced they are issuing a general recall for over four million laptop batteries. Dell recalled approximately 35,000 batteries in several laptop models, saying that the faulty units could overheat and start fires.

Potentially affected models include:

Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M, 700M, 710M, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 9400, E1505, E1705.

Take a look at this website for more details:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060814-7501...

=========

Good Luck with that!

If the computer runs on ac power the battery is probably bad.

First you should check the charger maybe the wire is messed up if its not that take out the battery and let the computer run on just electricity

Old laptops have lots of problem,i think what you need to check out is the charging process,old laptop may have bad interfaces, you 'd better ask the vendor how to charge your inspiron 6000 battery, check the charger wat and volt.as i know , at least 3 kinds of adapter wat 60w,70w,90w ( like this page: http://www.all-battery.co.uk/laptop-ac-adapter.htm )

you can some tips about inspiron 6000 battery at: http://www.sales-battery.com/laptop-batteries/dell...

one among my buddy is having the comparable situation. His charing port has malfunctioned. Get it to a technician to look at. yet verify your charging cable too, in yet another supported laptop.