Windows 10: Battery drained overnight. Slow and intermittent charging when plugged in with recurrent...

Hello community fellows,


This is the third battery in my HP Pavilion Entertainment laptop. The second battery was working well during half a yer, then started with a similar symptom - dried out overnight and did not want to recharge. However, the technician found that it was okay after I returned it, stilll, I got the 3rd battery (she was pissed off with me though). This 3rd battery was okay for months, and now the same story: when plugged in, it charges for 5 seconds then it stays idle at 3-4% available. Then the very low battery warning appears (blue square, white letters). This warning blinks, then goes away alone, and the battery starts to charge for 5 more seconds. Then it stops charging, and the warning comes back again. Since the recurrent warning interrupts my working on the computer, I cannot use it.


I already uninstalled the drivers for the battery, did a cold start without the battery, reinserted it again, and it was fine for a few months. I did this trick now but it no longer helps. I wonder if it is hardware or software issue more likely?

Thanks

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Battery Not Charging


Not sure about ASUS, but I do know that Dell use a chip in their chargers now, to make sure you use an authentic Dell charger. These chips go bad, and your laptop will stop charging or charge at a very slow rate - so slow, that the only way to get the thing charged is to shut it down and leave it plugged in overnight.

And, batteries going bad, will stop charging.

 

Plugged In, Not Charging

Sometimes depending on your Windows 10 Build, your battery will not charge to 100%, this extends the life of your battery . . . plug out the laptop, drain the battery for 10 - 15 minutes, plug it back in and see if it starts to charge the battery

If however, your battery is not charging at all in Windows 10, follow these steps to rectify this issue:

• Disconnect Power Supply
• Remove battery
• Connect Power Supply
• Turn on the laptop
• Control Panel - Device Manager
• Under the Batteries category, right-click all instances of Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery , and Uninstall
• Shutdown
• Disconnect Power Supply
• Insert battery
• Connect Power Supply
• Turn on the laptop

I Hope this Answers your Question!

 

Battery Not Charging

That sounds normal. After charging many batteries will not recharge again until they fall under a certain percentage (90 or 95%). This is to make them last longer. Even if you are running on mains power your battery will drain a little each day and will eventually go under the threshold and charge up again.

If you want to be sure it is working as it should, disconnect the power cable, run it on battery until it is 50% or so and then plug it in again.