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  1. Echopros

    Solved! Charge state: blown fuse.

    Hello, newbie here. Yesterday I forgot to remove the battery from when I was trying to mount a new ssd drive, then, suddenly the screw fell on the motherboard between 2 components (I think a capacitor and a resistor or 2 capacitors) and flare showed up in the place. Now the battery won’t...
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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"...
  3. abdulsalamalvi

    Question Laptop suddenly completely died

    Was using my laptop Hp dq 14 1039 while charging when suddenly it powered off and now it wont even start. It also doesnt show charging led indicator anymore. Its barely been few months when i got the laptop.Would really appreciate help.
  4. 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...
  5. X

    Question Laptop doesn't recognize AC Charger after Windows update

    Just bought a used laptop today, Sony Vaio VPCCB series. What happened was I connected the AC charger and the laptop turned on. I noticed it said batter not found, and I didn't realize the battery wasn't inserted, so I go back to the box and find the battery and insert it. Now upon booting up...
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    MSI GS43VR only charges when off or idle.

    Dear whom it may concern, I have had this laptop for about a year now and it worked fine until one day I was playing tekken the laptop stopped charging and would continuously charge then stop and charge then stop. I went to get it repaired and the guy confidently said that the AC adaptor and...
  7. A

    Battery not Charging, New Laptop Asus r556l?!?!

    Okay so this is a new laptop I got from Amazon the seller sent me a long letter about the laptop and how there were no problems with it. I had this laptop for like 3 months now, when I first got it I used steam and installed and uninstalled many free games. I usually use my laptop in the car...
  8. A

    Laptop won't charge when I open any software

    Hey, I have a Lenovo Ideapad Z580 and W10 on it..when i plug my charger in it starts to charge but somtimes for only a few sec..sometimes more..if I'm lucky...when its off it charges perfectly but as soon i turn it on it stops with charging...and than i need to unplug it and plug it again...even...
  9. iXorizon

    Solved! Laptop plugged in not charging

    So ive had this problem since the week i bought my laptop, it just stops at a percentage somewhere over 90% and then just stops charging, is it because not to make the AC adapter be cool and not hot or do i need a new battery/adapter? by the way the battery is stuck in the laptop so idk. the...
  10. C

    Battery won't charge, powers down when unplugged - 0% available (plugged in, charging)

    I have an ASUS laptop that won't charge. It says "0% available (plugged in, charging)". I tried a new OEM battery that I just bought and it has the same issue, so I know the battery is good. The charger is also new, so that's good too. I tried holding down the power button with everything...
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    Laptop won't open.

    Hi! I have a Toshiba laptop that I've been using for 2 years. Last December 2016 I charged my laptop using the original charger and left it for a few minutes. Thinking that it has been charged I pressed the power button for a couple of times then found out that my charger is already damaged. So...
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    Laptop Not charging.

    My laptop's model is HP Compaq 6710b running Windows 10 pro. My laptop was running fine just a few days earlier.Suddenly I had trouble charging.I had to bend the charger to charge it, then I placed a support like a case,my dongle etc.under the charger so that it could charge.But now even that...
  13. G

    Asus s400ca laptop ''plugged in, not charging'' only charges when off or asleep

    Well, I have a Asus S400CA and mine suddenly starts with this problem last night (dont know what just happened). I have ubuntu 15.10 installed alongside windows 10 and the problem happens in both systems (energy system icon blinking and blinking...), when i plug the ac adapter the icon of...
  14. E

    0% Plugged In and Not charging... Samsung Series 7 Chronos (Win 7)

    I have this problem with my Samsung Series Chronos battery not charging despite is pulgged in Mostly of the publications on the web showing an apparent solution talk about the extraction of the battery... Not easy in this model. Can you provide please some support and solution?... Fully...
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    My Acer ES1-531-P8NJ laptop is plugged in but not actually charging! HELP!

    So I bought my Acer Aspire ES 15 ES1-531-P8NJ around Christmas time and it was working perfectly fine without any faults. But now whenever I plug in my charger, it's not actually charging. It's stuck on 3%. So when I remove the charger, my laptop just completely dies. And I can't use my laptop...
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    Laptop charges battery only after reboot

    Hello :), My laptop (Lenovo Z510) does not charge the battery when the AC is connected. Even worse, with the AC connected, the battery discharges just as using it without being plugged. If I do a windows reboot, everything seems to work fine. But, when I unplug and plug back the AC cord, the...
  17. S

    Sony Vaio Pro 13 only working when on charge! What do I do? Pls Help

    I have a Sony Vaio Pro 13, which is 2 years old....but for the past few days only works when its on charge...what do i do? any suggestions?
  18. A

    How to Force Charge Battery?

    Which charger should I use to force charge my battery .I mean can i use an old charger which uses pin to charge phone or I have to use one of the modern chargers like those which charge using mini usb slot ?
  19. C

    TOSHIBA SATELLITE P55T-A5202 Plugged in Not Charging Battery 0%

    Hi all. Desperately trying to figure this one out. Laptop is only 1 year and 3 months old -used maybe 4-5 times a week. The laptop just shuts down - even when it's plugged in. Battery shows 0% , but when I plug it in to charge, it says "0% plugged in - not charging". Battery was healthy...
  20. soji08

    gateway pc - working battery but won't recharge

    i'm waiting for adapter/charger to arrive, and i hope that is the problem, but does anybody know if a bad adapter is the reason why, when you hover over the power icon, that it does not show any mention of battery not charging? it only says what the battery level is at.