Windows 10: my charger is plugged in and its not charging

my charger is plugged in and its not charging

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Plugged in, not charging


There are 3 points of failure for a laptop that does not charge (And has been determined to be a hardware problem and NOT a software/OS problem). OS problems can be tested as mentioned above.

• Dying battery (end of recharge cycle limit) as DustSailor and bro67 have mentioned.
• Defective/dead charger/power supply
• Broken DC In port (very common)

Sometimes in the case of a broken DC In port you can wiggle the power jack in the port and see it starts to charge and then goes back to "Plugged In Not Charging" when you let go. But not always.

Sometimes with the Charger/Power Supply it is only the jack that is defective.

First order of business is to borrow a Charger/Power Supply (be sure it has the same voltage IN as yours) and test it to see if it will charge the battery.

The rest is replacing parts until you get to the offending one.
The Charger/Power Supply is cheapest to replace first.
Then the Battery
Then to the shop to see if the DC In port can/should be replaced.

 

CHARGER PLUGGED IN BUT NOT CHARGING

When i plug in my charger to my laptop ,it indicates that the charger is plugged in but not charging. Please help

 

Plugged in, not charging


I have a dell E1505 that I have hade no problems with Win 10 from day one until the latest update ver 1803. There must a bunch of people who have had this "not charging" issue. I have done every step from chilling the battery to removing all the battery drivers via device manager. Nothing worked. at one point I got half way there. I regrouped and played with it for three days. You will see in the procedure that it was the power cfg step that seemed to get it aligned to the system. I no longer have the issue and even the Quickset warning to use the proper Dell charger no longer appears. I hope this helps someone because I never found any Microsoft response that weren't scripted or useful.


1. Make sure you have enough battery power to pullthis off. If you don’t you may have to use a friend’s battery.
2. Disconnect the charger from wall socket. (Laptopnow on battery)
3. Disconnect the charger from the laptop.
IMPORTANT!! Go to the device manager and in the battery section delete all the drivers. Don't worry they will come back when you turn the laptop on in step 7.
4. Turn off the Laptop.
5. Connect charger to wall socket.
6. Connect charger to Laptop.
7. Start Laptop.
8. Wait till it is completely started.
9. At this point you will see that it is charging.If you disconnect the charger and reconnect it you will be right back where youstarted!
10. Now this the step that I tried on a whim. Openthe command prompt. Type in
a. powercfg /batteryreport
b. Open the report. It has some real interestinginfo then close it.
11. At his point you can shut down the laptop andsee your charging light is flashing.
12. Turn your laptop on and click on the batteryicon. Disconnect the cable and it should tell you it is on battery. Reconnectand it should tell you it is charging.