Windows 10: Windows 10 Update kills Laptop's ability to charge battery and run at all

ASUS Laptop S400C

~5 years old

Running Windows 10, version 1803


Hi all,


I am experiencing debilitating power source issues following a Windows update. I know it's an update problem, as I've gone through other trouble shooting and have actually experienced this problem twice.


On Friday September 14, I processed the update (A Windows Security Update, is all the info I can give right now) and experienced a power issues, but managed to keep my laptop on long enough to complete a system restore to the previous edition. On Sunday September 16, I had an issue with my wireless driver and underwent a restart (which included installing the update again), and am now completely unable to keep my laptop turned on.


Following each installation of the update the battery drained within minutes, even when plugged into a power source. The laptop is unable to even complete a start up now, despite being plugged into a power source and having charged for the past 10 hours. I have experienced this failure each time the update was installed, and did not experience the problem before installation or after my system restore Saturday September 15.


I've already read a dozen other posts, including basic trouble shooting. These don't work for me, and in any case, I can't keep my PC on long enough to engage Safe Mode or a system restore a second time, and those are hardly fixes.


What can I do? I am really irritated at the thought of a Windows Update bricking a PC I've owned for 5 years, one which worked fine until these updates. I can't find any information online, just that other people experience the problem too.

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