Two methods to fix laptop battery when it plugged in but not charging

Laptop is not charging even when the charger is plugged in is quite a common issue which a lot of user’s faces but there are different solutions working for different people. Whenever this error occur the charging icon shows that your charger is plugged in but not charging your battery. You can only see your laptop battery status remains at 0% even though the charger is plugged in. And you may be panicking right now but don’t, because we need to find the cause of the problem before the laptop shutdowns.


So we need to first find if this is a problem of the operating system (Windows) rather than the hardware itself and for that, we need to use Live CD of Ubuntu (alternatively you can also use Slax Linux) to test if you’re able to charge your battery in this operating system. If the battery is still not charging then we can rule out the problem of Windows but this means that you have a serious problem with your laptop battery and it might need a replacement. Now if your battery works as it should in Ubuntu then you can try some of the below-listed methods to fix the problem.

Table of Contents

Method 1: Try to unplug your battery
Method 2: Remove Battery Driver
Method 3: Updating Battery Driver
Method 4: Reset your BIOS configuration to default
Method 5: Run CCleaner
Method 6: Download Power Manager for Windows 10
Method 7: Run Windows Repair Install

Method 2: Remove Battery Driver
1.Again remove all the other attachment including power cord from your system. Next, take out the battery from the back side of your laptop.

2.Now connect the power adapter cable and make sure the battery is still removed from your system.

Note: Using laptop without the battery is not at all harmful, so don’t worry and follow the below steps.

3.Next, turn on your system and boot into Windows. If your system doesn’t start then this means there is some problem with the power cord and you might need to replace it. But if you are able to boot then there is still some hope and we may able to fix this issue.

4.Press Windows Key + R then type “devmgmt.msc” and hit Enter to open Device Manager.

devmgmt.msc device manager

5.Expand batteries section and then right click on “Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery” (all occurrences) and select uninstall.

uninstall Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery

6.Optionally you may follow the above step to uninstall Microsoft AC Adapter.