Plugged in Not Charging

My new laptop had a problem from day one. When hooked to the AC cord to charge, the Icon would display "plugged in, not charging". I looked it up and it seems to be an extremely popular problem. One of the solutions was to Uninstall and Reinstall the driver which i tried. It didnt work...

I read about this one solution that everyone on the site said worked for them.

Before i try it, has anyone here have any experience with this?

you know, you should really understand that the probability people here have your laptop or know your laptop or know that problem or have experienced such a problem or had such a solution is astronomicaly low. so, before hand, you need to be more specific.

I just pull the battery and plug it back in, works 80% of the time.

Dray The Fingerless wrote:you know, you should really understand that the probability people here have your laptop or know your laptop or know that problem or have experienced such a problem or had such a solution is astronomicaly low. so, before hand, you need to be more specific.

Its not just my specific type. It happens to HP. Not sure about other companies.

Aardvark wrote:I just pull the battery and plug it back in, works 80% of the time.

^ This should work.

would that help it hold a charge longer as well?

maybe. doubtful tho. if the batt does not hold a charge it is usually just old. Sometimes you can 'condition' the battery and get some more life out of it.

how would i go about doing that? or is that something i can't do myself? cuz the battery on the laptop i use will hold a charge for about 30 mins if im lucky

there is a piece of equipment that slowly discharges and the recharges the battery even slower. the idea is to completely drain the battery and charge it again to improve the ability to hold a charge.

not something you could do yourself.