Laptop Plugged In But Not Charging?

Try these steps...

Took me a while, but I found a solution that worked for me.  The issues here: "plugged in, not charging".  Here are the steps I went through to get it working again on Windows 7:


1) Disconnect AC

2) Shutdown

3) Remove battery

4) Connect AC

5) Startup

6) Under the Batteries category, right-click the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listing, and select Uninstall.  Do this for each instance (Most users will only have 1).

7) Shutdown

8) Disconnect AC

9) Insert battery

10) Connect AC

11) Startup


This will not fix all instances of this problem as some may be an actual hardware failure, for example, it could be the battery has failed completely, or the charging circuit on the motherboard has failed, but for the sake of the few minutes this takes it is well worth the try.