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    Question Sony Vaio battery issue

    I have a Vaio VJC141F11X which is a year old. I had problems with it and sent it to Sony for repair under guarantee. When it came back (new screen) it had a problem with the battery - it didn't register the battery status. I sent it back to Sony and got it back again today. Same issue...
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    Solved! My Asus ZENBOOK UX430UA won't startup normally

    Hi, This is my first post on Tom's Guide forum hope i'll find someone to help me. i have an issue with my Znbook laptop UX430UA, the problem is that my laptop won't startup till i push the power buton 3 times, the first and second one must be long and the third must be a short one and here we...
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    Question shutdown when power charger is unplugged, turns on automatically when I put it. ASUS N580GD Laptop

    My 2,5 years old laptop, an ASUS N580GD, is suddendly showing a common trouble of ASUS laptops, but not only ASUS ones. I read many people faced these troubles but I’m not finding a solution. sudden shutdown on laptop when power charger is unplugged. A “Restore AC Power Loss” or "Wake on AC"...
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    Solved! Dell XPS 13 Battery Replacement

    Battery was swelling so I ordered a new one and started to replace it. Screws towards the center of the laptop came out fine but the ones towards the edge are way too tight, possibly due to the swelling or due to manufacturer error; I've now basically stripped the screws at this point, they...
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    Solved! ASUS X455L battery not increasing

    Hi! My ASUS X455L has been with me for 3 years now and just before 2020 ended, my battery started acting up. At first it failed to show that it was charging, so we got that checked and fixed but then after a while it started to drain like most batteries but it fails to increase. I've been...
  6. msahin

    Solved! Laptop battery not working anymore

    Hello everyone. I have an ASUS Zenbook UX3410UA (UX410UQK), which I've been using for 3.5 years. I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop and since then I've been having all kinds of problems with my battery. My laptop would just shutdown when the battery level would be around 30%. So I...
  7. andchangeu

    Question battery wont work

    Hey everybody my asus TUF505 wont work with the battery pugged i replaced both battery and adapter and still seems like my laptop wont recognize the battery id appreciate any helpful insight
  8. ss1999

    Question Dell latitude slow charging + other issue

    so i got e5570 second hand. This battery is weird. it charges normally up to somewhere 28 percent then it just stalls, and charges where slowly from there. like it takes 6-7 hour until 100%. battery drain estimates of win 10 is also acting weird. Sometimes it says 4 hours then it drops to 2...
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    Question Laptop battery light keeps blinking white

    Hello, I have an ASUS VivoBook S14 X411UF and when I'm using it (not charging), the battery light (right side of the laptop) keeps blinking white, it blinks 4 times then stop for about 2 seconds and repeat. When I charge the laptop, the battery light doesn't turn orange and it keeps blinking...
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    Solved! Lenovo T410s - 0190 critical low battery error

    Hello, I got old Lenovo T410s laptop which had very weak battery but I didn't care since I was always running on power adapter. However suddenly it started to show: 0190 critical low battery error during startup and turned off. It contains additional battery in extension bay (i.e. CD bay). I...
  11. naomikristina

    Question Lenovo Ideapad 510s Laptop Randomly Shuts Down Around 30-40%

    Hi there, I have this Lenovo Ideapad 510s that I got in September 2016. It has been working pretty well up until few months ago where it would randomly shuts down when the battery percentage is around 20-30% (sometimes with up to 50ish minutes remaining), and it's not overheating. This doesn't...
  12. AstroAvocado

    Question Acer Swift 1 SF114 wont boot up, but keyboard lights up.

    So my Acer Swift 1 won't boot up, there are no sounds of fans or hard drives loading however the keyboard will light up. Here are the troubleshoots I have done with no success. Reset button on the back for 60 seconds. Power button for 60 seconds at various times. Removed battery then heled...
  13. Tinbin

    Question ASUS N500J won’t power on

    Hey all, I’m having trouble powering up my ASUS laptop. I just came back from Korea and I got home ready to use my laptop, except for how cold it was. I powered it up and the lights turned on, the drive sound came on, oh how I missed this sound. And then it powers off and i hear a click. I sat...
  14. lettucelad

    Solved! MSI Laptop wont turn on without being plugged in

    So i just added another RAM into my MSI GL63 8RD but then my laptop wont boot and sometimes it wont power on (msi boot logo shows up and then the laptop goes off again). Then i plugged in the adaptor and it succesfully turned on and working just fine, with my newly added RAM working as well. But...
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    Question ThinkPad T410 - 255% battery available on Ac, and "Unknown remaining" on battery, "incorrect battery voltage" on vantage. Question / Problem

    Hi, one day ago i opened my t410 to clean the fan and the laptop it, and just out of curiosity i took the yellow power jack out and found that it has a broken red wire, i thought i had accidently broken the wire so i soldered it back and after i booted it the windows battery indicator was...
  16. sammanadh

    Question Is my laptop battery damaged?

    I brought a new laptop with i5 1035GI processor, 8 gigs of ram, nvidia geforce mx330 graphics. The laptop has a 2-Cell 32 Wh battery. The laptop is good all around but the battery life is very poor. After a full charge it just lasts one and half hour. I dont know if it is to be expected from a...
  17. mukuljain02

    Solved! Need HELP!!! Laptop acting weird after battery damage

    Battery of my laptop(Dell Inspiron 3542) is damaged (thats the error that I got everytime I bootup) and so I searched online and found that I can use my laptop normally if I continuously plugged it in to the charger just like a PC. It worked perfectly but then after some time one day I tried to...
  18. ellenleigh122627

    Question Asus vivobook

    i’ve had my ASUS vivobook since september last year, about 9 months. Never had any issue battery was perfect, no lagging or freezing. In June my charger stopped working due to what i think was my nephew pulling at it. It didn’t work for a day and i got it into a position that it started...
  19. jonbremont

    Question x1 extreme brand new doesn't not power via battery

    Greetings! I have an x1 extreme gen 1 4k that I just purchased and open boxed it myself. Warranty expired 1 day ago and can't get it fixed. Laptop runs fine with power cable but if I unplug the AC power the system shuts down immediately. the battery info is displayed in windows 10 and...
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    Solved! Really in need of advice here...

    Hey! I want to start off by saying I'm new here. It is out of pure desperation that I made this account as I need help with a rather annoying problem (?). I do have a bit of anxiety problem so I'm sorry if I come across as ranty. I'm new to gaming laptops! Probably a stupid move but about 16...