Windows 10: Battery Monitor Problems After Installing 20H2

I updated my laptop to Windows 10 20H2 and now the battery monitor doesn't recognize that I have a battery attached to my computer. I can pull the power cord and the computer keeps running, so I know the battery is functional, but the battery monitor in the Task Tray still says "No Battery Is Detected".

The Laptop is an Acer Aspire 7741Z. It is not in it's factory configuration. I have upgraded the ram from 3GB, to 8GB, the 320GB HDD to a 500GB SSD and the CPU from a Pentium P6000 to a Core i5 M 560. All of these upgrades were months ago and have not affected the battery monitor. The monitor worked until the upgrade to 20H2.


Any ideas of how I might fix this? I guess it really doesn't matter since the system still works with the battery, it would just be nice to see how much was remaining so I would know to get back to a power source.

:)

 

Nokia battery monitor

@aref_b



Make sure you remove everything related to the Battery monitor in Settings|Application Management|installed Apps

• Battery Monitor Installer (left behind after install, another bug due to shoddy programming)
• Battery Monitor
• Battery Monitor Service

After removing all that you should be able to redownload.



Note that 1.2 does NOT address any of the issues in 1.1

 

Battery Won't Charge Fully

Make sure to install all Windows important updates.

Install latest versions of your laptop device drivers you can download the latest device drivers from the device manufacturer or from your laptop manufacturer website.


Step 1

1. Shutdown your laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Connect the AC power adapter to your laptop.

4. Power on the laptop

5. Open the Device Manager by typing Devmgmt.msc into Start Menu or from Control Panel.

6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it’s ok if you only have 1).





7. Shutdown the laptop.

8. Insert the battery.

9. Power on the laptop.

If above suggestions wont resolve the battery charge issue then follow below steps.




Step 2

1. Shutdown the laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Start the laptop with only AC adapter connected to laptop.

4. When you login to Windows OS connect the battery while Windows OS working.





Step 3

Reset the System Management Controller. Use one of these methods to reset the SMC, which controls battery management, battery status light.

1. Shut down the computer and disconnect the power cord.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Press and hold the power button for ten seconds.

4. Reattach the battery and AC power adapter, then start up the laptop.


Hopefully one of the above suggestions will help you resolve the battery not charging problem. If battery still doesn't charge, you may need to replace your battery.

 

Nokia battery monitor

Also note that the Uninstallation instuctions, (under info tab) state that you should reboot before reinstalling.