Recent content by rwbrussels

Yes, this happened to mine, too, it has to do with the power drivers that were updated by Windows 8. If you cannot boot the laptop at all, if it will not turn on, you probably have to open the laptop and remove the battery, boot up, reinstall the battery. If you can boot the battery will not...

So what do I do if my laptop is already dead flat and won't charge? It's possible your battery is just dead for some reason, but probably not. Try changing the settings in the BIOS as described here, to disable all power features. Then reboot, and it should hopefully start charging again.

> can u teach me how to check if the settings were enabled?and how to disable them ? Yes - if you have the problem that the laptop is obviously plugged in but it says it is not charging, shut down the machine, and then hold F2 and start the laptop and it will go into the blue screen BIOS...

Hi - hoping people find my solution useful. I have an ASUS UX32A, but am guessing that this problem is common to their Zenbooks. When the laptop is fully charged, it will say "plugged in, fully charged", unfortunately, some laptops just stop charging the battery and the light on the plug...