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NET MVC 3 in Action Party with Palermo Plugged in, not charging Windows 7 solution 12 May 2010 I recently had the popular problem of Windows 7 battery manager malfunctioning a nd not charging my battery when plugged in. The battery was fine, the power sup ply was fine, and the motherboard was fine (I have enough laptops with the same specs in the Headspring office, and I was able to swap out parts to isolate the problem). I also searched for this problem online, and many fol s are having this problem with all ma es of laptop computers. I found the steps that solved my problem he re on the TechNet forums. There are multiple solutions proposed, and here are the steps that fixed it for me: Disconnect AC Shutdown Remove battery Connect AC Startup Under the Batteries category, right-clic all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Co ntrol Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it s o if you only have 1). Shutdown Disconnect AC Insert battery Connect AC Startup Please comment if this fixes your problem so that others can solve their problem sooner. I was surprised at how many people were having this problem with Windo ws 7. Read More 77 Comments Comments Raj Kaimal said on 5.12.2010 at 4:58 PM Good post! Please add 6: Open Device Manager Kerri said on 5.12.2010 at 10:12 PM Than you! I stumbled across this when I was loo ing for solutions for my "plugg ed in, not charging" and this was the only one that wor ed. I tried uninstalling the ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery but never in that order.

Than s so much! Deryc said on 5.15.2010 at 2:51 AM Many than s! Your post seems to have done the tric ! Dan said on 12.09.2010 at 2:34 AM

I just got windows 7 on my originally vista computer and I thin s a side-effect.

this problem wa

Man! This was illing me, came home from the movies and my laptop was beeping. I t's done this before... after I unplugged and plugged it in. Well, did that agai n today for some christmas lights and bam! This is the only solution I found tha t wor ed for me. Than s! Nel said on 12.09.2010 at 8:19 AM this didn't wor ed for me :( Dr. Hamdan Dammag said on 12.09.2010 at 11:48 AM It wor ed fine.. My battery was only 3 months old and it had the same problem.. I follow the steps and it wor ed nicely .. than s.. Note: step 6 needs only more explanation on how to get the Battery Category... h ere are the steps: Start--> type "device" --> Device Manager --> Battery Zequez said on 12.09.2010 at 12:46 PM Or you can just disconnect and reconnect the battery while the computer is on. I t wor ed for me in my Acer Aspire One :P John said on 12.11.2010 at 3:17 PM This wor ed for me. Than s so much! mel said on 12.12.2010 at 5:02 PM this wor ed for me too. than you so so much for the post! Gogi said on 12.13.2010 at 2:01 AM With HP 6550b wor s :) Than s man! Dr. Allen said on 12.13.2010 at 11:42 AM Wor ed li e a charm HP pavilion dv8 Steve Barnett said on 12.13.2010 at 5:16 PM Outstanding. My new wor issues laptop "died" after the first charging. I was fu rious, and then I found this page. Than you so much! Oh yes, it's an HP 6550B Cecilia Castro said on 12.13.2010 at 7:04 PM Seems li e it wor ed for me. Than you! Mine is a Compaq Presario CQ61 J_D_Stagpump said on 12.14.2010 at 7:23 AM Alas it did not wor for the dell inspiron 1525 running windows 7 ultimate :-( nguyen said on 12.14.2010 at 10:01 PM it wor with mine James Kingla e said on 12.15.2010 at 5:30 AM Sadly this has not wor ed for me....still left with 80% available (plugged in, n ot charging) Windows 7 on a Sony Vaio VPCEC1S1E Any other ideas???? V King said on 12.15.2010 at 9:09 PM

I had a xps 17 from dell, for about 3 days when this happened to me. I removed t he battery, and added again, restarted, etc.. which did nothing. Then I restarte d on battery only, and when windows was up and logged in I plugged it in, and it started to charge again. dustbec said on 12.15.2010 at 9:40 PM Did not wor for me... multiple times. X~{ Djeven said on 12.16.2010 at 10:18 AM Yes! It wor ed on a Windows 7 professional upgrade installation on top of Window s Vista Home Premium. Phew! (I had convinced my wife to let me upgrade her compu ter to Windows 7). HP G70 17" laptop. JP said on 12.16.2010 at 11:59 PM Did not wor . DELL Vostro 1710. This is really starting to piss me off. Can some one please help? WGW said on 12.17.2010 at 2:36 PM I have two Samsung laptops that I purchased in March of 2010, both with Win 7. M y battery indicator would always be between 77 and 80%, and said plugged in not charging li e is described above. I thought it was a problem, and tried all the tric s that I read here and other sites. This morning I decided I would call Sam sung, so I went into Start, Programs then Samsung. The first item in the list is Battery Life Extender, so I thought what the hec I'll chec it out. Turns out that there are two modes, one that charges the battery to 100% and another that is to extend the battery life by only charging to 80% (useful if the laptop is u sed mostly plugged in li e mine). It was set on the 80% setting, so I changed it to 100%, now my batter is completely full. Problem solved, other manufacturers probably have the same thing. brad urling said on 12.18.2010 at 6:02 AM 100% wor s.i was nervoud it might mess up my computer or something but it fixed the problem. than s man Sharma said on 12.18.2010 at 11:39 AM Did not wor for me on a HP DV2000 laptop :( Tyler said on 12.19.2010 at 3:21 PM This did not wor for me. Dell Inspiron 1750 Windows 7. Not happy. I bought a re placement battery. I Did not have any trouble charging the original battery unti l it went bad. New batt charged to 67% would not go higher.. After unpluggin dec ided to let it discharge. when plugging it bac in to recharge I got the message . Plugged in Not charging. Travis Spencer said on 12.20.2010 at 12:32 AM Didn't wor for me w/ an HP Envy 14 running Windows 7 Pro. Second battery said 0 %, plugged in, not charging even after following this procedure :( william baird simpson said on 12.20.2010 at 1:58 PM i had this problem,got this answer on a website,didnt hold out much hope.RUN DIS K CHECK.guess what it wor ed.dont now why. william baird simpson said on 12.20.2010 at 2:01 PM

Wor ed li e a charm. Fantastic.

I would li e to

now the reason for the problem.

dis chec wor ed on dell inspiron 1545 running windows 7 ultimate,i dont thin this is a battery problem at all.i thin its a windows problem. Vi as Jethani said on 12.20.2010 at 3:27 PM

Marso said on 12.21.2010 at 12:30 AM Was stuc at 54% plugged in not charging Wor ed for me! Than s! On Acer Aspire 5740G Sam said on 12.21.2010 at 8:18 AM It wor ed for me in the past. But a few days ago it stopped charging again. I ha ve tried this solution 5-6 times now. Not wor ing. Dont now why! Can you help! Nathan S. said on 12.21.2010 at 3:14 PM No luc on an HP Pavilion dv9000 running 32 bit Win 7 Pro. Chec Dis didn't wor either. Maybe Microsoft should patch this crap? Mariamelia said on 12.21.2010 at 10:44 PM

Oh Jeez I have to than you so much, I tried few methods until I found this page , once I tried this, amazing, just amazing. I thought I needed to send my new la ptop bac to Acer, even if I still have the warranty, but than You! Appreciate your advice! Michelle said on 12.22.2010 at 1:07 AM This totally wor ed for me!! Usually I'd restart it and that did the tric , but this time I ept getting the "not charging" thing....your steps totally fixed it ---my computer (Lenovo IdeaPad) is charging right now! THANK YOU!!! Narayanan said on 12.22.2010 at 5:58 PM This solution wor ed fine for me on a HP DV 6-1350 noteboo with Windows 7. Thnx . Rahul said on 12.22.2010 at 9:03 PM @WGW: Than s a lot! I have a Sony Vaio S series, and had the same problem... the battery would charge to 78-79% and stop. I changed the power settings temporari ly when I had to use the laptop for extended periods without AC power. Mi e said on 12.23.2010 at 12:25 PM Than s, wor ed li e a charm on my Dell Latitude E6510. -Mi e Joe said on 12.23.2010 at 8:21 PM It wor ed on my Gateway NV series laptop Christane a said on 12.24.2010 at 4:55 AM Mine was stuc @ 10% plugged in, not charging. I followed the directions, except I didn't right clic on anything because I could not find it, but it this solut ion still wor ed fine for me on a HP DV 6 noteboo w/ Win 7. Than s so much! Jason said on 12.24.2010 at 3:04 PM This solution wor ed on my Dell Inspiron 1501. Incidentally, after POSTing and b efore Windows would start I was getting an error about the AC adapter. While try ing your solution I also deleted the Microsoft AC Adapter driver under Batteries , and both problems appear to have been solved. Marty said on 12.24.2010 at 3:17 PM I have a DV6000 series . Did not wor for me . Bought a new battery as well Jon said on 12.25.2010 at 8:21 AM Wor ed great for my Acer Aspire. Than s.

Steve said on 12.25.2010 at 9:14 AM Did not wor for me on ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM netboo . It's only 10 days old. Gary Ernest said on 12.26.2010 at 6:26 AM Hasn't wor ed for me. I uninstalled the ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery th en switched off, plugged battery in then switched on, but the ACPI Compliant Con trol Method Battery had reappeared. How do I uninstall it permanently? Mar said on 12.26.2010 at 10:50 AM I followed the reply below from Zequez on this for a Pavilion dv7 and it wor ed started charging immediately after. It doesn't hurt to try this first and if it doesn't wor , try the more complicated solution. Zequez said on 12.09.2010 at 12:46 PM Or you can just disconnect and reconnect the battery while the computer is on. I t wor ed for me in my Acer Aspire One :P Patric said on 12.26.2010 at 12:33 PM This is great! Wor ed on my Gateway NV Series Laptop with Windows 7. Now my laptop is charging. Than you for the tip. Andi Newton said on 12.28.2010 at 3:55 AM This wor ed fantastic on my Toshiba Equium! Having only purchased a new battery last month I was rather stressed when it stopped charging! Only too me a few mi nutes to do and I am now stress free again! Than you! Michelle said on 12.28.2010 at 11:40 AM So far it is wor ing our our HP60 laptop that was recently updated from Vista to Windows 7. Than s!! Ginny said on 12.28.2010 at 12:04 PM It didn't wor for me. Clay said on 12.28.2010 at 3:49 PM Wor ed li e a charm for me when this issue showed up today on my Dell Inspiron 1 764. Andrea said on 12.28.2010 at 7:13 PM My laptop (Gateway NV series) has been a nightmare since I had to reinstall Wind ows 7 Ultimate secondary to a plethora of viruses... and now this happens. Luc i ly, I stumbled upon this site and gave your suggestion a whirl. Low and behold, it wor ed. You are a God-send. Than s for avoiding me a lot of stress! Charlene Hillis said on 12.28.2010 at 8:31 PM Than you than you than you......this wor ed perfectly! (And the extra info ab out finding the device manager was helpful also.) John said on 12.29.2010 at 8:37 AM Nothing has wor ed for me to solve this problem. Nic said on 12.29.2010 at 12:12 PM Wor ed for my Dad's Compaq Presario CQ56. There is a part missing in step 6. Add "Under the batteries category of the DEVICE MANAGER, right clic ..." Than you

sir, I appreciate it. SETWORKRZ said on 12.29.2010 at 6:12 PM I tried a lot of different methods off youtube. They were all similar but did no t fix it.This is the only one that wor ed for me. This is why post li e this are Heaven sent. I tip my hat to you, than you. Kris said on 12.29.2010 at 6:28 PM Than s! This did the tric for me too. BC said on 12.29.2010 at 9:21 PM Jeff, PLEASE, PLEASE clarify Step 6. By "Battery category", you mean in the device manager. This drove me crazy guess ing what you meant by it. Also- I not notice that Windows 7 re-installed after I uninstalled it. How do I stop this crime against humanity!?!?!?! Than s for the tip. CB said on 12.29.2010 at 10:47 PM My battery is charging again, than s VK said on 12.30.2010 at 7:01 AM Than you sooo much - battery's charging again on my Acer Aspire 5740 SB said on 12.30.2010 at 5:17 PM Wor ed great! Than s so much for the easy fix! Edgar said on 12.31.2010 at 2:56 AM Hey man than s that wor and it was easy DeeBee said on 12.31.2010 at 7:03 AM I had success with a shorter version of this. I simply flipped out the battery while the power was on, waited until windows no ticed the battery was gone, then replaced it. Seconds later, it was detected and charging again. Phew! racedad68 said on 12.31.2010 at 8:45 AM

After trying variations in the comments, this wor ed Plugged in, logged in (admin) Remove the battery Uninstall ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery (as above) Reinstall battery Scan for hardware changes Wor s for now, but I've read this one comes bac from time to time. Dymon Lewis said on 12.31.2010 at 2:40 PM

Did NOT wor

(Dell Inspiron 1545, W7 Ultimate).

Wor ed for me! HP Pavilion DV 6000. Than you so much. Sam19 said on 1.01.2011 at 11:14 AM wor ed for me, except that its stuc at 51% (it says charging though!) W7 Pro on Acer Aspire 5741G.... Mr/ areem Elbarges said on 1.02.2011 at 12:12 AM Hi Every body.... i have a Dell inspiron 1564 with windows 7 64 bit... i have this problem (plugged in not charging) and i do the method that they are tal ing about to solve this problem but does't solve :(:( pllllllllllllllllllllz any one help me relly i need ahelp plllllllllllllllz i wait reply Jenn said on 1.02.2011 at 4:57 AM Than you so much! Did exactly what you said and it wor ed perfectly. Than s, ag ain, for sharing! Mich said on 1.02.2011 at 10:46 AM

I followed this comment by Zequez and it wor ed perfectly and was the easiest. S imply disconnect and reconnect the battery while the computer is on. Than s!!!.. . Zequez said on 12.09.2010 at 12:46 PM Or you can just disconnect and reconnect the battery while the computer is on. I t wor ed for me in my Acer Aspire One :P LG said on 1.03.2011 at 12:41 AM PS - I have an HP Pavilion with Windows 7. CanadaForce said on 1.03.2011 at 10:55 AM Wor ed very well. Than s Deb said on 1.03.2011 at 7:55 PM Than you so much. 17% and charging! Bharat Kamdar said on 1.03.2011 at 10:49 PM this wor ed exactly as advertised, than s, man! Alex said on 1.05.2011 at 1:23 AM it wor s, thn s for sharing Angelo said on 1.05.2011 at 7:47 AM Than s a lot for your suggestions. Unfortunately my battery was at 0% so I could not follow your instructions but a fter reading the post post by Zequez I removed my battery while plugged in to AC , uninstalled the drivers and it started bac loading as soon as I reconnected t he battery.

Wor ed for me what WGW said. I am using Samsun too. Than LG said on 1.03.2011 at 12:38 AM

you.

We are no more used to easy solutions ... Than s a lot to you both, you spare me a lot of time ;) Angelo Cindy said on 1.05.2011 at 4:32 PM It did not wor for me. I am at 80% and won't go higher. Jonam said on 1.05.2011 at 7:15 PM than s bro..it wor successfully..than you so much for your help.. GOD Bles.. ^_^ Cindy said on 1.05.2011 at 11:28 PM I have a samsung and had this same problem. I did what everyone posted, but stil l didn't wor . So, in the search box, on my computer, I typed batterylife and it pulled up the batterylifeextender samsung program ...here you can choose from n ormal battery life - fully charges to 100% or extended life mode (80% charge)... Hope this helps some of the samsung people. Subscribe (RSS) RSS Atom Subscribe by email Party with Palermo feed Comments RSS

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