I bought a Vostro 3400 motherboard (LA-K033P) to upgrade over my damaged Inspiron 5593 (LA-J091P) board. Everything else is ok except for the battery. This battery I am using now is already a replacement one since I disposed of the bloated original one. Back in the Inspiron 5593 motherboard, the battery charges fine and is identified just fine. However, with the upgraded motherboard, suddenly the replacement battery is labeled as "Not a dell battery". When I borrow a similar battery from my colleague (which did not have replacements yet), it is identified and charges just fine.
I temporarily resorted to taking apart the laptop every time and then moving the charging port and battery into the old board and charging it bare from there, since that's the only way I can charge it. However, recently the old board started refusing the charge the battery, and I got it accidentally run down to the point the new board wont even turn on anymore on battery power. Tried to charge the battery cells directly charged from 3.1v up to 4.1v each but still it is being reported as 0%. The battery I am using is a YRDD6. I also tried using the replacement WDX0R from my dead Inspiron 5570, which was a backup for my old 5593 board, but it was also identified as "Not a dell battery", even though laptop uses it no problem, provided battery had power. Both batteries got discharged to 0%, but I revived them both now, though still no joy
Is there any way I can somehow trick the laptop into thinking my replacement battery is a dell battery? Or at least make it use either battery, which is obviously fully charged now? Or is it really the case that if these batteries reach a critically low voltage, the BMS disconnects the battery permanently and will not re-connect even if you re-charge the cells directly? I would like to rule out the battery is really not usable anymore before I start wasting my time trying to find a 3rd party "dell" battery which my laptop will identify and charge properly.
I checked voltage on battery socket, with battery connected, I get 12.4v on pin 8-10, and 3.3v on pin 6-7 for both batteries. I got their voltages within 4.1v per cell.
I temporarily resorted to taking apart the laptop every time and then moving the charging port and battery into the old board and charging it bare from there, since that's the only way I can charge it. However, recently the old board started refusing the charge the battery, and I got it accidentally run down to the point the new board wont even turn on anymore on battery power. Tried to charge the battery cells directly charged from 3.1v up to 4.1v each but still it is being reported as 0%. The battery I am using is a YRDD6. I also tried using the replacement WDX0R from my dead Inspiron 5570, which was a backup for my old 5593 board, but it was also identified as "Not a dell battery", even though laptop uses it no problem, provided battery had power. Both batteries got discharged to 0%, but I revived them both now, though still no joy
Is there any way I can somehow trick the laptop into thinking my replacement battery is a dell battery? Or at least make it use either battery, which is obviously fully charged now? Or is it really the case that if these batteries reach a critically low voltage, the BMS disconnects the battery permanently and will not re-connect even if you re-charge the cells directly? I would like to rule out the battery is really not usable anymore before I start wasting my time trying to find a 3rd party "dell" battery which my laptop will identify and charge properly.
I checked voltage on battery socket, with battery connected, I get 12.4v on pin 8-10, and 3.3v on pin 6-7 for both batteries. I got their voltages within 4.1v per cell.
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