Dell Inspiron 9300 Newsgroup Location

Appreciate someone directing me to this particular newsgroup.
Thanks.
Franktee

Start here:
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?...orums&cat=prod

I don't think Dell has any forums dedicated to specific models, but you'll
have to dive into their forums to find out.

What's your problem?

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"franktee" <franktee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Appreciate someone directing me to this particular newsgroup.
> Thanks.
> Franktee

Thanks for your response.
My computer battery died, (out of warranty) and from what I gathered from
the 9300 manual there is more than one battery. The normal lithium and also
a coin-sized battery and if so, I need to know which to replace.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Start here:
> http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?...orums&cat=prod
>
> I don't think Dell has any forums dedicated to specific models, but you'll
> have to dive into their forums to find out.
>
> What's your problem?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "franktee" <franktee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:75A400ED-C1F5-40F2-A35B-7E9F00D865B9@microsoft.com...
> > Appreciate someone directing me to this particular newsgroup.
> > Thanks.
> > Franktee
>
>
>

The coin-sized battery is simply to maintain basic CMOS settings in BIOS
memory. Keeps it alive. That's not the main power source for the machine.
It's the other, much larger battery that you want to replace. You only
replace the coin-sized one if your CMOS settings get reset to default every
time you boot up (and you get notified.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"franktee" <franktee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your response.
> My computer battery died, (out of warranty) and from what I gathered from
> the 9300 manual there is more than one battery. The normal lithium and
> also
> a coin-sized battery and if so, I need to know which to replace.
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> Start here:
>> http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?...orums&cat=prod
>>
>> I don't think Dell has any forums dedicated to specific models, but
>> you'll
>> have to dive into their forums to find out.
>>
>> What's your problem?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "franktee" <franktee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:75A400ED-C1F5-40F2-A35B-7E9F00D865B9@microsoft.com...
>> > Appreciate someone directing me to this particular newsgroup.
>> > Thanks.
>> > Franktee
>>
>>
>>

Hi,

My 2 cents,

As Gary mentioned, Dell has no specific forum for spefici models, but the
following one (TechTalk, Portable, General Hardware) will be a good start:

http://www.dellcommunity.com/support...d=insp_general

PS: You need to register before posting replies and new messages.

I don't know your battery model, but you may want to check the following for
battery recall:

http://support.dell.com/support/batt...=19&l=en&s=dhs

As far as I remember, recall models do not restrict to those within warranty
(but don't take my words for it). So if your model is one of them, you may
just get a new one

Otherwise, you could also ask where to buy one and how to replace it.

Good luck and hope this helps.



"franktee" <franktee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0F018C1B-1328-4E1A-A17D-FD0B32CD8899@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your response.
> My computer battery died, (out of warranty) and from what I gathered from
> the 9300 manual there is more than one battery. The normal lithium and
> also
> a coin-sized battery and if so, I need to know which to replace.
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> Start here:
>> http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?...orums&cat=prod
>>
>> I don't think Dell has any forums dedicated to specific models, but
>> you'll
>> have to dive into their forums to find out.
>>
>> What's your problem?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "franktee" <franktee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:75A400ED-C1F5-40F2-A35B-7E9F00D865B9@microsoft.com...
>> > Appreciate someone directing me to this particular newsgroup.
>> > Thanks.
>> > Franktee
>>
>>
>>