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[Mondo Bungle]

Well now it's doing it every time I plug it back in

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

Well now it's doing it every time I plug it back in

Try a new charger first, but my guess would be that the battery is going. Take it to a place that sells them and pop a new one in to see.

[taylorzach]

Yeah, probably a dead battery. What kind of computer is it?

[Mondo Bungle]

It's a Dell inspiron mini. The battery has been in it the whole time. It's like three years old at most.

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

It's a Dell inspiron mini. The battery has been in it the whole time. It's like three years old at most.

that sounds about right. It's around the time that you need to start replacing the battery depending on how you used your laptop.

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

It's a Dell inspiron mini. The battery has been in it the whole time. It's like three years old at most.

Yeah, my laptop is 2 and a half years old and I just replaced the battery.

[Trollheart]

Anyone any ideas? My browser has suddenly started "sliding", that is to say, if I have a list of websites in tabs and try to go back to the first one, it "snaps" back and won't let me get to them. If the scrollbar at the bottom is over to the right and I try to move it to the left it again snaps back. Weird, and very annoying. Seems only to happen with Firefox.

I've shut down the computer completely and rebooted. I've updated Firefox and yet the same thing happens. I'm now using the hated IE to browse but I like FF and can't understand why it's behaving like this. I didn't do anything different, download anything or go onto any dodgy websites. I haven't run a virus check, as I doubt this would be the result of a virus or even spyware; seems more like a bug in the browser.

Any advice appreciated guys. I was sure rebooting would sort it but no luck.
Thanks
TH

Edit: Crap! It's also happening with IE! If I enlarge the screen at all, like with ctrl plus to zoom it in, then the scroll bar at the bottom goes over to the right and won't come back to the right; ; it keeps bouncing back. God damn it.

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Anyone any ideas? My browser has suddenly started "sliding", that is to say, if I have a list of websites in tabs and try to go back to the first one, it "snaps" back and won't let me get to them. If the scrollbar at the bottom is over to the right and I try to move it to the left it again snaps back. Weird, and very annoying. Seems only to happen with Firefox.

I've shut down the computer completely and rebooted. I've updated Firefox and yet the same thing happens. I'm now using the hated IE to browse but I like FF and can't understand why it's behaving like this. I didn't do anything different, download anything or go onto any dodgy websites. I haven't run a virus check, as I doubt this would be the result of a virus or even spyware; seems more like a bug in the browser.

Any advice appreciated guys. I was sure rebooting would sort it but no luck.
Thanks
TH

FF and IE are bloated hogs. Get Chrome. Problem solved.

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Anyone any ideas? My browser has suddenly started "sliding", that is to say, if I have a list of websites in tabs and try to go back to the first one, it "snaps" back and won't let me get to them. If the scrollbar at the bottom is over to the right and I try to move it to the left it again snaps back. Weird, and very annoying. Seems only to happen with Firefox.

I've shut down the computer completely and rebooted. I've updated Firefox and yet the same thing happens. I'm now using the hated IE to browse but I like FF and can't understand why it's behaving like this. I didn't do anything different, download anything or go onto any dodgy websites. I haven't run a virus check, as I doubt this would be the result of a virus or even spyware; seems more like a bug in the browser.

Any advice appreciated guys. I was sure rebooting would sort it but no luck.
Thanks
TH

Edit: Crap! It's also happening with IE! If I enlarge the screen at all, like with ctrl plus to zoom it in, then the scroll bar at the bottom goes over to the right and won't come back to the right; ; it keeps bouncing back. God damn it.

It could be a problem with the communication between the mouse and computer, the keyboard and computer, or both. My computer was doing the exact same thing and I brought it in to get looked at. Do you find that when you look at a drop down menu, the last item is automatically selected or it just keeps scrolling through the menu? How about when you are typing? Does the flashing cursor always jump to the end of the document?

[Stephen]

Not sure if this is relevant to your situation but worth a shot I guess. Found this in a Google search.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - Battery Not Working

I have been working on this issue with my friends Mini 9 for a couple of weeks now. The only answer on the forums is to update the BIOS to A04. I did the update, but it did not fix the issue. It has been very frustrating, as no one seemed to have a solution. Last night I stumbled across another blog that gave me the answer.

THE REASON: The reason that the battery is not charging, is because the OS (Ubuntu) thinks that it is in Airplane Mode. When in Airplane Mode, the battery will not charge.

THE FIX: Make sure that Airplane Mode is NOT enabled. Go to System -> Preferences -> Airplane Mode.

NOTE: When I first checked my friends Mini 9, it said that Airplane Mode was not enabled. I wanted to make sure though, so I enabled it, and then disabled it. The OS immediately saw the changes and began charging the battery. The Mini 9 now has no problem charging at all.