On my Dell Inspiron 1501 Laptop, my Battery is no longer charging. What happened was one day I tripped over the cord, and pulled the plug slightly out of the SOCKET. Now, whenever I use the cord, 90% of the time the battery will not charge. It will use the plug's power instead of the battery, but on screen it says: "The AC power adapter type cannot be determined. Your system will operate slower and the battery will not charge." It has been like this for a few months now, annoying but never a big problem because of the few TIMES I did use it it was plugged in, and the few times it wasn't the battery was able to charge eventually. Now, I am back in COLLEGE, and don't have power all the time, and the battery has gotten to 0%. No matter what I do now, I am getting that error message, and the battery is staying at 0%, but is still able to run as long as it is plugged in. I have yet to try a new cord, because it is a dell and I HEAR the plug is completely different then all other laptops, but some people are even telling me I need to get a new battery. What are your thoughts on this situation, and if I should go for the new cord, battery, or if there is a way to get this thing to charge?If the power cable can power your computer without the battery, it should be fine.

If the battery is not charging, and you have tried multiple batteries, it is possible you knocked something out of place when you tripped over the wire.

Unfortunately, unless you can get into your laptop, I don't know what you could do.

Is the laptop under WARRANTY?
No, I haven't tryed either multiple batteries or multiple cables yet. I am asking what is the most probable thing to replace. As for being under Warranty, I am not sure. I guess I should just turn it in, if there are no quick fixes.If you don't have a spare battery, or access to another battery for the same model laptop, I don't see anything we can do on this end.

Unless anyone else has any ideas...