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I have a Dell Inspiron 14 3000 (Service Tag 91T5S53) I have been getting a constant Blinking Power LED (1 long white and 4 short ember) I cant seem to find the error code online. The computer works fine with the power plugged in no issues, but when unplugged turns off immediately, which I thought indicated a battery replacement. I replaced the battery and nothing changed, I still get the same flashing power LED. The replacement battery is recognized in Windows with a 55% charged capacity but doesn’t charge any further nor does it discharge. I tried uninstalling the Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control device driver in Device Manager and restarted the computer, but that failed to fix the issue as well. I have ran the offline Dell Diagnostic several times but comes back with no errors. I also ran the Dell Support Assist in Windows, and comes back with no errors as well. There are no BIOS updates as I have applied all available critical and recommended updates. Can anyone explain what the issue could possibly be and how to fix it?
Hi, Create a battery report to check the status of the battery. When you have the report, compare the Design Capacity value versus the Full Charge Capacity value. For a good battery they should nearly be the same. As far as I could find out a 1 long white, 4 short amber blink error code in Dell laptops means a bad battery. You may just have got a bad replacement.
