Dell Inspiron 6400 auto power-up

[oldskooltek]

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?

 

[Tedster]

read the approrpriate bios beep guide in the guides forum to determine your beep codes.

 

[kimsland]

Faulty batteries are very common in Laptops, and have been seen to do many strange things
Consider replacing the battery