Sorry didn't read your last entire reply message.
Using Windows 7, & JAWS 1 5.
On 2/27/19, rhonda via Groups.Io <bryeghtstar=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

ok, 7:00 it is! I'm in Jersey.

On 2/26/19, Brian Zolo <bzolo@wowway.com> wrote:

Hey there, Rhonda, sure great hearing from you and hey, there's nothing
wrong with not being tech savvy! I'm blessed to be able to assist you!
There's no problem with you not having an account with dell. Let's
shoot
for Wednesday evening, February 27th, 2019 at 7 P.M. eastern time. Now
if
you're in another part of the country, let me know and I'll be flexible
and
work around you and whatever time works best for you! Are you a jaws
user?
No problem if you're not but if you are, I can tandem into your machine
and
I always make sure to describe what I'm doing as we go along as I help
others with computer problems as this is a good given passion and love
that
I have that of being able to help resolve computer problems for both
blind
and sighted friends. You have an awesome day and don't hesitate to give
me
a call during the day if you have any questions. If you ever need to
e-mail
me during the day, my work e-mail address is brian.c.zolo.civ@mail.mil.
I
work for the department of defense and provide customer service and
support
to our war fighters and those of our coalition partners Australia,
Canada,
New Zealand and the United Kingdom. You're welcome to e-mail me or call
me
at any time if I'm on a call leave me a voice mail message and I'll be
happy
to return your call. See you tomorrow night at 7 P.M. BZ!

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf
Of
rhonda
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:58 PM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Help Needed Please, Battery is not charging when
plugged in. status of battery power is reading 0% available plugged-in
not
charging.

Good afternoon Brian,
Sorry that you haven't heard from me sooner.
Oh, I tried to get the updates myself and just didn't understand how to
do
it.
everything was just Greek too me.
So I Must except the fact that I'm just not tech savvy.
and need help from others
One question.
I didn't buy this computer so I don't have an account set up with
Dell.
will this be a problem for me to download the necessary Drivers that
I'll need?tonight will not be availavle for me but, how about
tomorrow Wednesday, at 7:00?
Thank you so very much for the info you sent me.
Rhonda

On 2/24/19, Brian Zolo <bzolo@wowway.com> wrote:

Hey there, Rhonda sure great to hear from you! Well, I usually get
home from work between five and sic P.M. We then usually have supper!
Can we shoot for tomorrow around seven p>M.? Give me a call on my
cell phone at
614-271-1695 and I'll be happy to assist you further or if tomorrow
night isn't a good time give me a call and we'll be happy to work
around your schedule. During the day, you can reach me on my work
phone at 614-692-7124. I work in a secure area at defense supply
center Columbus in building 20 wo I have to keep my cell phone turned
off but certainly always feel welcome to give me a call at work during
the day and we can discuss when it will be best to get together and at
least get your dell laptop bios updated. That may not solve your
battery issue but at least we can eliminate one of the possible causes
of your battery charging problem. One other thing you can check is to
make sure that connection going into you’re a.c. adapter is tight as
well. Make sure that the plug is in that receptacle tightly as that
can cause problems charging as well. I'm using an hp zbook z17 laptop
and hp has a utility to check your battery and I'll be happy to see if
Dell has any similar utilities. Look forward to talking with you
tomorrow. Have a great day and I'm blessed to be able to have the
opportunity to assist you. BZ!

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On
Behalf Of rhonda
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2019 7:36 PM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Help Needed Please, Battery is not charging
when plugged in. status of battery power is reading 0% available
plugged-in not charging.

I'm using Windows 7.
Thank you for your help for I'm not that savvy when it comes to all
the technical things that come along with the comp.
Now as when you're able to assist me!
I go out during the day for at least 5 hours.
That will put me out until 3:00 PM.
I do have a phone.
let me know when it is best for you.
Again thanks for helping me with this problem...
"lol."
So until!.


On 2/24/19, Brian Zolo <bzolo@wowway.com> wrote:

Hi, Rhonda, Brian Zolo here in Gahanna, Ohio. You can go to
support.dell.com and go to the drivers and downloads page to check
for updates for your Dell. You're going to need your machine's
service tag to do this. The service tag can be found on the bottom of
your laptop but there's an easier way to get that information. What
version of windows are you using? You need to get to your command
line. You can do this by hitting your windows key plus the letter r
and then type in cmd and then hit enter. You then be placed at your
c:\users\whatever your user name directory is and then you will have
to type cd\ and then hit enter which will then take you to your root
directory. Then you will type wmic bios get serialnumber and then
press enter. That will get your laptop's serial number for you and
then you can put that serial number in on the support.dell.com web
page and it will then show you what updates are available for your
machine. If you need assistance doing this, don't hesitate to get in
touch with me and I'll be happy to assist you. Is there a phone
number that I can call you and I'll be happy to assist you. A bios
update certainly might fix this but you may have a problem with your
battery. Let me know if I can assist you further. Have a great day!
bZ!


-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On
Behalf Of rhonda
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2019 1:50 PM
To: Tech Talk <main@techtalk.groups.io>
Subject: [TechTalk] Help Needed Please, Battery is not charging when
plugged in. status of battery power is reading 0% available
plugged-in not charging.

Help Needed Please
I have a Dell Laptop.
When I look in my system tray, the status of battery power is reading
0% available plugged-in not charging.
So my daughter did a search and got this on how to solve the problem.
How to fix the problem 'plugged in not charging' on my Dell Inspiron
laptop
- Quora

Try the following and hope that it fixes.

Check if there’s any BIOS update available related to battery for
your laptop model.Download and try to update



Where do I find this information?

model.Download and try to update but before updating perform below
steps:-

list of 9 items
• Power off the system.
• Disconnect any external peripherals (flash drives, printers,
external hard
drives) from the computer.
• Disconnect the AC Adapter and remove the battery from it.
• Press and hold the power button for 20 to 30 seconds to release the
residual charge from the laptop.
• Reconnect the battery and the AC Adapter.
• Once the system is powered on and booted properly, re-seat the
battery.
Check if you still get the error or not.
• Boot the system to BIOS, tapping the F2 key on the Dell logo screen
when you power on the system.
• Press F9 key to load BIOS defaults. Once done, press F10 key to
save and exit. System will restart. Check if the error is still there.
• Try and wiggle the AC Adapter cable and check if that makes a
difference.
list end

Alternatively, you could also try below steps:-

list of 7 items
• With above 20% battery left,unplug the power cord from both laptop
and wall outlet.
• Open the bottom cover and Remove the battery • Dry Wipe the battery
connectors with a clean cloth several times.
• Put the battery back in and cover,
• Turn the laptop on with battery only.
• Now plug power cord into side of laptop, then into wall outlet.
• Check if it returns to charging state.
list end
Still not getting any charge.
Battery is now at 0%.
using on electric only.