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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: tawalker on November 10, 2004, 04:12:57 am

Title: Flashing power light on SL5500
Post by: tawalker on November 10, 2004, 04:12:57 am

First post in ages - the only real news is that I've been tinkering around with OZ 3.5.1, but ended up going back to 3.3.5 as the latter actually works (for me, anyway). But that's as may be...

I put my 5500 on to charge last night, and noticed the power light (which usually glows when the battery is charging) was blinking steadily - about two flashes per second. Does this mean the battery itself is wearing out, or perhaps there's a problem with the power supply?

Any help gratefully received - many thanks!

Tim

Title: Flashing power light on SL5500
Post by: doseas on November 16, 2004, 02:03:53 am

A blinking battery light usually means not enough current to charge the battery properly (the AC adapter should supply 5VDC @ 2A, but most CLAs that supply only 1A will work, if the battery isn't too far depleted).  However, I also remember reading some posts that one of the alternative ROMs (Cacko??) has a problem with a blinking battery light during normal charging.