Electronics

[KitTkat]

I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 series. Not sure how old it is 4/5 years or so. I unplugged it to use it in a different room and the battery light turned orange. Plugging it back in, it turned back to its normal white charging light, but once it hit 100% it went back to orange. I did a little research on Google, but only saw problems with having a blinking orange light. Mine is a steady orange light.

Any ideas? It's working fine otherwise.

[Mindy D]

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@KitTkat wrote:

I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 series. Not sure how old it is 4/5 years or so. I unplugged it to use it in a different room and the battery light turned orange. Plugging it back in, it turned back to its normal white charging light, but once it hit 100% it went back to orange. I did a little research on Google, but only saw problems with having a blinking orange light. Mine is a steady orange light.

Any ideas? It's working fine otherwise.

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@KitTkat If the computer is running on a battery, the battery light operates as follows: Off — The battery is adequately charged (or the computer is turned off) Flashing orange — The battery charge is low. Solid orange — The battery charge is critically low.Sep 14, 2019

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[KitTkat]

@Mindy D Thank you, but doesn't "running on battery" mean it's not plugged in? Mine is plugged in and the battery says it's at 100%. 

[Mindy D]

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@KitTkat wrote:

@Mindy D Thank you, but doesn't "running on battery" mean it's not plugged in? Mine is plugged in and the battery says it's at 100%. 

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@KitTkat @I'm not sure. I found the service manual for your 5000 series online. See if this means anything.

Inspiron 15 5000 Service Manual

• Table of Cont

PDF

Inspiron 15 5000 Service Manual>Diagnostics

Diagnostics

Power and battery-status light/hard-drive activity light:Indicates the battery-charge status or the hard-drive activity.

• NOTE: Press Fn+H to toggle this light between power and battery-status light and hard-drive activity light.

Hard-drive activity light

Turns on when the computer reads from or writes to the hard drive.

Power and battery-status light

Indicates the power and battery-charge status.

Solid white – Power adapter is connected and the battery has more than 5 percent charge.

Amber – Computer is running on battery and the battery has less than 5 percent charge.

Off

• Power adapter is connected and the battery is fully charged.
• Computer is running on battery and the battery has more than 5 percent charge.
• Computer is in sleep state, hibernation, or turned off.

Link to complete service manual below.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=2ahUKEwjqjeO4hufnAhUDY6wKHVm6DQ...

[KitTkat]

@Mindy D  I honestly have no clue, although I appreciate you looking this up for me. The battery said I had 3 hours of battery left when I had it unplugged. Plugging it back in, it charged up to 100%. I'm totally confused by this.

[FranandZoe]

It's possible your power cord/power supply is not working.  

[Nuttmeg]

@KitTkat

Please backup your important files, photos and etc to the cloud or a hard drive.

A Google search of "my Inspiron 5000 has a  light" will give you a solution.

You may want to post your concerns at Dell's customer to customer forum. 

[millieshops]

@KitTkat @Nuttmeg I'm also on a Dell laptop - for over a year now.  But until a few months back, I'd never seen that light and had no idea what it meant when it came on.  But as I do most always when there's a problem with any computer, I turned first to the connections.  In my case, a connection had worked loose and my battery had nearly depleted itself while I wasn't watching.  Unplugging and replugging that connection securely  turned my light off.

But I'm glad to have read this whole thread so that now I know more about what's happening right before my eyes!