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    Solved! Lenovo G50-80 Laptop battery not charging. No LED light/No icon

    Hello, I have a Lenovo G50-80 laptop (80E501B2US ) that recently stopped charging. When the charger is plugged in there is no charging icon and the LED light does not light up. I have replaced the DC jack and battery with brand new replacements. Neither fixed the issue. The charger is not...
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    Question Macbook Pro Missing Female Connector on Motherboard Mid-2012 (A1278)

    Hello, I'm trying to fix my friend's MacBook Pro mid-2012 unibody (A1278). The female connector for the battery indicator on the motherboard is missing as shown in the image below. The macbook could run like normal with the power adapter plugged. However, it shuts down a couple seconds after...
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    Solved! Acer Aspire won't start windows. Battery or more serious?

    I have a 4 year old Acer Aspire F5-571with a reasonable (Core i5 8Gb/1Tb) spec. It has had little use as it is a spare in an office. Now it resets after opening the Windows login page. It is a little random. Sometimes I can actually enter the password and then it shuts down, sometimes it...
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    Question AC power cord for pre amp 7a or 10a?

    Hey y'all! I have a little dilemma. I'm trying to supply the right amount of power to a power brick View: https://imgur.com/a/NY2Rj3t but I don't know which ac cable to use. I have a standard one that came with the ps4 it says 18amp and 7a 125v. Is that enough? Thanks!!
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    Solved! Laptop overheating when idle and plugged in

    So I'm having this problem with my laptop (Eluktronics Mech-15 G2R) I use my laptop plugged in 99% of the time, so it's not a battery charging overheating thing. When I unplug the laptop, the temperature drops to 45C which keeps the fans inactive. However, when I plug it in the temp goes up to...
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    Solved! New battery won't charge in Dell 7559

    I installed a new battery in my Dell 7559. It was 56% to begin with. I plugged in the ac adapter and charged all night with the computer turned off (I read that is the best way to charge...is that correct?). This morning the battery is 3%. Could there be something wrong with my laptop? This...
  7. Pandofla

    Question Laptop significantly slows down while charging/plugged in

    (TL;DR is at the end of the post) Hello everyone. My current laptop is an HP 15-r218nv. I know this isn't the best laptop for gaming, but it gets the job done. I have bought it 3 years ago and it has worked great throughout all this time. Last year, the laptop began to overheat, and because I...
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    Solved! Laptop turns off when unplugged, screen wont turn on when plugged with no battery

    I know this question might have been here before, but i could not find any solution yet. I have an Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Black edition, model: vn7-593G I have followed the guide here link but nothing really worked, and i have not replaced the battery yet. My actual case is the following: I do...
  9. Sushisusi

    Question Laptop not turning on

    Hi I have an old dell latitude and I was bored and wanted to fix it the only issue is it turns on then automatically turns off and only the Leds light up I’m wondering if it’s the battery and the cpu ? It won’t even turn on when unplugged ! Also some of the pins from the cpu are bent and one is...
  10. vinayskywalker

    Solved! laptop battery does not charge over 13 percent

    My laptop is HP Pavilion au620tx and it is not charging over 13 and sometime 16 percent. I tried updating microsoft ac adapter and microsoft ACPI. I reinstall both the drivers but nothing happens. So i tried calibrating the battery using F2 and it says AC adapter required to calibrate the...
  11. chkontog

    Solved! Chuwi hi8 pro cwi513 Battery problem

    Hi, i have a chuwi hi 8 pro tablet and it shut down alone, while the battery is charged.I factory reset the tablet, but the problem still occurs. Does the battery need to be changed? Thank you, Mpampis
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    Solved! Dell XPS 9550 freezes after removing ac power and on battery power

    I have a 3 year old Dell XPS 9550 which had a new battery 18 months ago. The problem I have is that when I unplug the AC power cord the laptop begins to freeze. The mouse can be moved with trackpad. Window can be selected a little bit but can't switch between apps. Then within 30 seconds of...
  13. farhan.sidiqui

    Question Problem running on Battery-Lenovo Ideapad 330S

    Started my laptop this morning and it is just shuts everything at once when on battery power. However on AC power it is running smoothly. I have purchased this new in June, I suspect that battery has expired. Please suggest as per your experience how to test the battery performance?
  14. NightKnight007

    Solved! Laptop sometimes turned off suddenly

    I have a laptop (Asus a442u if you asking) it's not that old, maybe around 1.5 yr So, my laptop sometimes turned off itself suddenly and making sound like you do hardware reboot. then my laptop keeps doing that again whenever I tried to turn it on again unless I plug the adapter again. it only...
  15. ruslruslrusl1

    How To SOLUTION - Laptop Plugged In, Not Charging in Windows 7/8/10

    I'm seeing many posts lately about issues in Windows 7/8/10 laptop batteries showing "Plugged in not charging" and after much research and trial and error I wanted to share what finally worked for me. I had this same issue on my Acer Aspire ES1-711 laptop with "non-removable battery" running...
  16. kenzomenzo

    Solved! MSI GT72 HOW TO TURN ON WITHOUT BATTERY

    Hello , i need help with my laptop MSI GT72 2QE DOMINATOR PRO I tried to remove the battery , and somehow i tried to turn on the laptop it wont power up , it need battery to plug in to power up. any idea how to Turn On this laptop without battery? i keep finding solution for this problem but...
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    Solved! Sometimes my phone dont recognize charger

    My phone is samsung s9+ and sometimes when I conect my charger, nothing happens and my phone dont recognize the charger, but when I unplug the charger and plug it again it fix.I only use orginal chargers.Also when the phone recognize the charger, charging is very good and fast. The port also isn...
  18. dipudangol

    why my laptop keyboard not working properly and on such event on removing power chord laptop shutting down immediately?

    I have a dell 5359 and its nearly 3 years old. Recently I am having problem which is often while charging, my keyboard stops working properly. The problem with the keyboard is that I can not type the same key consecutively but on non consecutive key stroke it works fine and on such events if i...
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    asus computer stuck in bio utility ex mode.

    i’ve tried restarting, enabling cms, resetting default settings and changing boot order. my model is Q405U and my battery is not accessible. i’m have windows 10. how do i get out?
  20. maybeits_jack

    Question Huawei Matebook 13 Only Switching on when Charging

    Hey all, This is my first post here so apologies if it's not quite of the correct format. Three days ago I purchased a new Huawei Matebook 13. A day after purchase I noticed an issue that makes using this new laptop frustrating. After powering down the laptop completely and leaving it be for a...