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Dell Inspiron 6400 auto power-up

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Old 12-03-2008
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Dell Inspiron 6400 auto power-up

I have a Dell inspiron 6400 with a bad battery. When I plug in the ac adapter the unit powers up. When I hold the power button down to shutdown, it does.. then it comes back on again by itself. So I think....let it boot to Win XP and shutdown from the desktop. START....turn off computer...turn off...10 seconds later...post beep and power on! What is going on? Got any ideas?
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Old 12-07-2008
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read the approrpriate bios beep guide in the guides forum to determine your beep codes.
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Old 12-17-2008
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Faulty batteries are very common in Laptops, and have been seen to do many strange things
Consider replacing the battery
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