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01-04-2012, 11:15 PM
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Vista Laptop: "Plugged in...not charging"
I have a Toshiba laptop (Satellite A305) that gave me a new problem today...
It was plugged in, but the battery wasn't charging. Hovering over the power icon gave me the message "plugged in, not charging". I tried a power off, battery pull, restart, but that didn't help. After a quick Google I found this (and it solved the problem, for now): 1. Disconnect AC 2. Shutdown 3. Remove battery 4. Connect AC 5. Startup 6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall 7. Shutdown 8. Disconnect AC 9. Insert battery 10. Connect AC 11. Startup What do you think, some flaky windows deal, or a failing battery/power supply? The battery is a few months old (not that that means anything these days).
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01-05-2012, 09:27 AM
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Original battery? It might be dead.
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01-05-2012, 09:42 AM
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This has been reported with every OEM's laptops running either Vista or Win7, so I don't think it's a battery problem, if it were step 6 wouldn't work .
Something's off with battery power management in Windows.
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01-05-2012, 09:48 AM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Figures.
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01-05-2012, 10:40 AM
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01-05-2012, 06:24 PM
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It is an ACPI issue.
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01-09-2012, 02:12 PM
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Well, "plugged in, not charging" has returned...
 I drained the battery down to about 20% and plugged it in. "Plugged in, not charging" was there for about 10 minutes. It went away and started charging until the battery got to 65% then back to "plugged in, not charging". Maybe I did get a lousy battery. EDIT: Repeated the steps in my first post and things are normal again... 
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05-01-2012, 01:30 AM
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[SOLVED] Plugged in, not charging
After digging a little deeper into this problem, I have found the culprit (at least for my situation).
The problem appears to be a battery heat issue. If I take the battery out and set it on the AC vent for 5-10 mins then put it back in, charging resumes. Also, if I shutdown or standby the laptop it will resume charging after an hour or so. The battery doesn't get what I would call dangerously hot, but it does get warm while charging. The "plugged in not charging" doesn't happen all the time, it only seems to happen after the battery is nearly drained and I have been working the machine pretty hard. I also run some distributed computing while it is plugged in, which contributes to my heat issues. |
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05-01-2012, 07:46 AM
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Sounds like it's time for a cooling pad.
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