Question vostro 1700 battery connector pin slightly damaged

[Mazinger999]

Hello all,

I have a dell vostro 1700 on which I probably slightly damaged one of the battery connector pins. Upon inserting the battery a month ago, I noticed I bent one of the pins that connect the battery to the motherboard.

The symptoms are as follows:
-orange battery led indicator flashing (indicating something's wrong)
-bios doesn't recognize the battery
-windows doesn't recognize the battery
-laptop doesn't startup with power cord unplugged
BUT
-laptop stays on when I unplug the power cord, which means the battery feeds, and probably charges as well since it has been a while now

I tried using only the battery a couple of times and that went well, until it didn't. Once the laptop just weezed off.
The machine is 11 years old but I kept it in a ridiculously good shape and doing even 3d jobs on it. So I wonder what is still worth trying, in order to resolve those above mentioned symptoms.

Thanks for your suggestions...

 

[hang-the-9]

Bent/damaged connections are pretty clear on how to fix. If unbending it does not help, you would need to replace it.

 

[Prostar Computer]

If unbending it does not help, you would need to replace it.

Pretty much this. The pins can be forgiving, just avoid using any metal tools to straighten the one out. If still no joy, there's an underlying issue that will probably be way more complicated to repair than it's worth.