Battery Status Lights

If the computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the battery light operates as follows:

Alternately

An unauthenticated or unsupported non-Dell AC adapter is attached to your laptop.

blinking amber

 

light and white

 

light

 

Alternately

Temporary battery failure with AC adapter present.

blinking amber

 

light with steady

 

white light

 

Constantly

Fatal battery failure with AC adapter present.

blinking amber

 

light

 

Light off

Battery in full charge mode with AC adapter present.

White light on

Battery in charge mode with AC adapter present.

Technical Specification

NOTE: Offerings may vary by region. For more information regarding the configuration of your computer, click Start (Start icon) Help and Support, and then select the option to view information about your computer.

Table 16. System Information

Feature

Specification

 

 

System Chipset

Mobile Intel 8 Series Chipset

DMA Channels

Enhanced DMA Controller

 

• Two cascaded 8237 DMA controllers

 

• Supports LPC DMA

Interrupt Levels

Interrupt Controller

 

• Supports up to eight legacy interrupt pins

 

• Supports PCI 2.3 Message Signaled

 

Interrupts

 

• Two cascaded 8259 with 15 interrupts

 

• Integrated IO APIC capability with 24 interrupts

 

• Supports Processor System Bus interrupt delivery

BIOS Chip (NVRAM)

96 Mb (12 MB)

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Dell M4800 owner manual Battery Status Lights, Technical Specification, Alternately, Feature Specification