Problem with Dell N4110 laptop power.

[buffbh]

When you plug in the charger and battery then start the computer you get a error message and need to press F1 to continue further.

Anyone know how to fix this?

[deepsand]

What is the Error Message?

[alphaomega]

Take battery out for a minute and see if it solve the problem.

[deepsand]

Take battery out for a minute and see if it solve the problem.

Not advisable without first addressing the message.

For example, the message may be re. a critical part failure or imminent failure, such as a cooling fan or the HD.

[alphaomega]

Notebook users are terrible. They usually use hibernation and this creates lots of errors. Also RAM in laptops never dis-powers, since the battery is always connected. Hence my suggestion to take the battery out for moment to clear the RAM.

[deepsand]

The user removable battery only powers the BIOS CMOS memory.

[jhannawin]

I had this on a Dell 5100, ultimately I had to get a new charger from eBay. However, the unplug, remove battery, leave for 10 mins (some arbitrary time >10sec), put battery back, plug in approach did work once or twice. So did a cold start without the battery.

HTH