Hello all,
A few months ago I snagged a D610 at a yardsale for five bucks. Its a pretty nice system and is surprisingly came with the following configuration:
Intel Pentium M 2Ghz
2Gb PC2-5300
ATI X300 64mb
Hitatchi Travelstar 100gb 7200rpm
14.1" SXGA+ Display
The only issues it had were blown speakers, bad screen inverter, and a failed attempt at a reinstall. The whole thing worked perfectly, battery included.
Spring break came and it sat in my bag unused. I pulled it out to check something and it didn't power on. I assumed it just sat in sleep too long and plugged it into a 65W Dell charger. I didn't try to power it on though.
A couple weeks later, I bought a 90W Dell charger for a customer, and decided to test it with the D610. I noticed that the laptop still wouldn't power on, and that the power indicator on the battery actually showed it as having a 60% charge.
Some tinkering went by and I can get it to power on and charge the battery, but any movement to the system and it will immediately shut off. In this "power off" state, the system acts as if it can't get power from anything, and it will also not charge the battery or power up from the battery.
In the working state, it works fine. Battery, 65W charger, 90W charger, you name it. The battery will charge in this "working" state. But if you move it too much, it reverts to the "power off" state.
I'm scratching my head at this, any insight?