Laura Dietz, as per http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/Product/latitude-e6430 an update is available for your BIOS (A12). If you update to this, does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a12 needs-upstream-testing regression- potential ** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Summary changed: - Only primary battery discharges on Dell Latitude E6430 with bay battery + [Dell Latitude E6430] Only primary battery discharges with bay battery -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077952 Title: [Dell Latitude E6430] Only primary battery discharges with bay battery To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1077952/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs