After turning on my Inspiron 6000 recently, a black screen appeared with the following message at the top "****MANUFACTURING MODE: LEVEL [67]**** Press Fn-X to return the system to normal running mode. I have tried hitting the "Fn" key, "-" key and letter"x" key simultaneously and separately and in the above sequence with no results also tried just the "Fn" and "x" key excluding the "-". Although I had no results with the above procedures, a few minutes after turning on the computer a "Warning! Battery is critically low." message appears. My battery hasn't been able to hold much of a charge for a year, but as long as I have it plugged in it has worked normally. I was able to get the computer running once by removing the battery and plugging in, but now that doesn't work. I purchased a new battery, but have had the sqame results as above. Can anyone help me. Thank you.

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First let me state I am not a Dell CSR so I am not 100% on things.

Normally though this error is on a replaced motherboard or system repaired by dell that was not taken out of Dells Diagnostic mode. If this just randomly occured then it seems likely that something has happened to corrupt BIOS and that a BIOS reset or flashing the BIOS should fix it. I personally would try to get into BIOS first and return them to factory defaults, I have been able to do this before on systems showing this message.

Thank you for your help. How would I get into BIOS and return the computer to its factory defaults.

Thank you for your help. How do Iget into BIOS first and return them to factory defaults.

On a Dell when it is first starting up it should be either f2, f10 or delete key. This will get you into a screen with test that allows you to navigate through it using either arrows, +/- or pg up pg dwn keys.

I have the same laptop with the same problem. I reset the CMOS by removing the battery which is located under the keyboard. I then replaced the battery, started the laptop up and I was able to load windows and flash the bios and it was working for awhile then it froze and I had to remove the battery the main battery to shut it down. I have been searching for a permaent solution. This works as a temporary fix.

Aside from restoring the factory settings in the BIOS make sure to delete the event logs too. Take out the battery and unplugging the ac adapter and hold the power button for about 10 secs to drain the flea power on the board.