Windows 10: Laptop battery doesn't charge since 2 days ago. I have tried many solutions I have found,...

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Laptop battery not charging since Windows update

As Denis mentioned, updating the bios and drivers might be a solution to your charging problem and is certainly a good place to start. My Dell laptop has always been a PITA to maintain charging on the battery ever since it was a few years old. POS thing!

As the battery aged the condition just got worse even with Windows 7. After a clean install of Windows 10 last Fall, I've never managed to maintain charging without playing games by removing the battery, boot and shutdown with only AC adapter, re-install battery and boot.

I've read endless solutions for this problem and many of them seem to focus on disabling and re-enabling the AC Adapter and ACPI - Compliant Control in the device manager or some suggest uninstalling both and allowing Windows to re-install after a reboot. I have yet to try those solutions.







I've been unable to locate any Dell specific drivers for these 2 devices and I suspect for at least my Dell charging grief, that is the root cause of it "Plugged in, not Charging".







It does appear that these 2 drivers are generic Microsoft drivers as the dates are same on both my old Dell and current MSI laptop. I'll keep experimenting on my Dell laptop whenever I have time and report back if I locate a stable solution.

 

Battery Won't Charge Fully

Make sure to install all Windows important updates.

Install latest versions of your laptop device drivers you can download the latest device drivers from the device manufacturer or from your laptop manufacturer website.


Step 1

1. Shutdown your laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Connect the AC power adapter to your laptop.

4. Power on the laptop

5. Open the Device Manager by typing Devmgmt.msc into Start Menu or from Control Panel.

6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it’s ok if you only have 1).





7. Shutdown the laptop.

8. Insert the battery.

9. Power on the laptop.

If above suggestions wont resolve the battery charge issue then follow below steps.




Step 2

1. Shutdown the laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Start the laptop with only AC adapter connected to laptop.

4. When you login to Windows OS connect the battery while Windows OS working.





Step 3

Reset the System Management Controller. Use one of these methods to reset the SMC, which controls battery management, battery status light.

1. Shut down the computer and disconnect the power cord.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Press and hold the power button for ten seconds.

4. Reattach the battery and AC power adapter, then start up the laptop.


Hopefully one of the above suggestions will help you resolve the battery not charging problem. If battery still doesn't charge, you may need to replace your battery.

 

Laptop no longer charging since Windows 10 update

Thanks for the response, but the issue is not the battery or the laptop. It was charging and working fine prior to this most recent Windows 10 update.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to say. When the charger is plugged in, it just says "plugged in", but my battery has been at 2% for the past several hours. Obviously the charger is doing something since it's holding the 2% power, but it's not charging. There has to be some day to bypass whatever this update broke.