I was running my laptop on the battery and managed to run it right down and the laptop powered down. Now the battery will not charge have I killed the battery or is there a setting I need to reset?
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I was running my laptop on the battery and managed to run it right down and the laptop powered down. Now the battery will not charge have I killed the battery or is there a setting I need to reset?
Frances there is no setting I know of the reset.
How old is the laptop? Have you verified the charger is working?
One thing you can try is remove the battery, wait 10 to 20 seconds then put it back into the laptop. See if it will charge.
While you have the battery out see if it is Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), Nickel Cadmium (NiCd), or Lithium Ion (Li-ion).
The laptop is 2 or 3 years old, I remember that we bought it shortly before the release of Windows 7 I am not sure how to check and see if the charger is working, I currently have it plugged in and the icon on the task bar shows: 0% available (plugged, in not charging)
I'll try taking the battery out and putting it back in and let you know how it goes.
This happens when the Windows power management settings become corrupted. You will need to uninstall and reinstall the power management software by using the Device Manager.
Yes!! :D taking the battery out for 10 to 20 sec and putting it back in worked. By the way the battery is a Lithium Ion. Thanks Bill your help is much appreciated.
Glad I could help Frances.
taking out and putting thebattery back in also seems to fixed a couple more issues I have noticed with the laptop, issues that even just shutting it right off for a while didn't fix. I'm a happy camper tonight!:)
Ok I am finding that I have to keep taking the battery out and putting it back in to get the battery to charge, but it is charging. So it's getting late here but tomorrow I'm going to try following Steve's suggestion but I'm not sure exactly how to do it. I know how to find the Device Manager but I'm not sure what I need to uninstall and once I uninstall it where do I re install it from? Will I have to download a new driver of some sort? If some one could give me some easy to follow instructions the help would be much appreciated
I think "If it ain't broken, why fix it?".
If it happens again, well time to do something.
Frances are you saying the laptop stops charging and you remove the battery to make it charge further?
The next time you take the battery out see if you can find the manufacturing date. A lithium-ion battery can lose 20% of it's ability to charge for every year since it was manufactured.
Three things everyone should know about lithium-ion batteries:
http://www.techatplay.com/?p=61
Frances' battery fully discharged, but was reluctant to recharge.
Paul she did not say if the battery fully charged then she removed the charger and continued to use the laptop to consume some of the charge then attempts to recharge.
Facts must be present before a solution can be found. I am attempting to obtain all the facts. ;)
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Paul perhaps you did not notice she is still having some problems. Please read the above quote.Quote:
Originally Posted by angelize
She should not need to take the battery out and putting it back in for it to charge.
You're right. My bad. I apologise.
I do not plug the laptop into a charger it charges when it is plugged into the wall outlet. Normally I have it plugged in directly into an outlet, last night I had the laptop in a different location and had it plugged in through a surge protected power bar, could that have made a difference?
It should not make a difference Frances.
Did the battery get 100% charged?
Are you still having problems?
The battery is fully charged, and as I haven't had it unplugged since it is staying at 100% One other thing I did yesterday was to use an external monitor but I don't see why that should have caused any problems.
Frances the external monitor would not have made a difference. Laptop batteries do not last forever they lose capacity over time at about 20% per year.
yes, and I will be purchasing a back up battery soon :) I want to thank all of you who took the time to try and help me in this thread it is much appreciated.
Frances if you keep the existing battery and buy a backup, alternate them regularly rather than keep one on a shelf.
Ok that sounds like a good idea, thanks!