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Laptop says its always plugged in? [SOLVED]


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Title says it all. My Dell Latitude D600 laptop is refusing to show battery level despite not even being on an AC Adapter.

I went to the Power Option Properties in the control panel, but still no change.
Am I missing a dll file? Once I had this issue installing XP on the same computer, but fixed it by downloading the missing dll file and placing it in the right system folder.

Edit: This this ACPI that's missing?

Edit 2: Googled a bit and found lack of ACPI is the issue.

Enable/Disable ACPI

Enabling/ Disabling -

The following instructions will allow enable ACPI with Windows 98:

To enable ACPI after Windows 98 is installed, run Regedit and go to the following key in the registry: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Detect

Create a new DWORD value called "ACPIOption" and set it equal to 1. 

In Control Panel, run Add New Hardware and choose hardware detection. ACPI should be detected and installed. After the system is rebooted, all ACPI-enumerated devices will be set up again. 

You don't need to insert your cd, just direct the driver finder to C:/win98

Edited by ~♥Aiko♥Chan♥~
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