Battery plugged in not charging in windows 10 (Fixed)
“I just upgraded my laptop today to W10, and now I can’t seem to charge my battery anymore, there was 0 problems before I upgraded from W8. What it simply says is “Plugged in, not charging”, this is pretty bad because my Laptop can only hold max 1½ hour (It’s a gaming laptop). Is there any way to check/fix it, because I don’t want to give it to a repair shop, and I have never even seen one…
Thanks for the help! “
Battery plugged in not charging in Windows 10 is one of the most common problem laptop users are facing after upgrading to windows 10. In this article, We are going to explain a very simple method using which you can solve this problem.
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Note: Before trying out the below solution, you should try to unplug the charger and remove and reinsert the battery and see if it’s working. Sometimes restarting your PC also fixes this problem. If it’s not working, follow the steps below.
1. Right-click on Windows icon to expand out its context menu. Find and click on the option entry named Device Manager as shown below.
2. A window named Device Manager will open up. Expand the entry named Batteries by clicking on the side arrow associated with it. As next, right-click on Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery and click on the Uninstall option.
3. The next step is to click on the tab named Action and then to click on the option Scan for hardware changes.
4. Now expand the entry Batteries once again by clicking on the side arrow just like before. As next, right-click on Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery and click on the Update Driver Software option.
5. Now you will be asked to choose a method to search for the driver software. If you have the driver all set already, then you can click on the option Browse my computer for driver software. Else you can ask Windows to find the appropriate driver software by itself by clicking on the option Search automatically for updated driver software.
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this method is not help for me
Yeeeeaa….it worked for me. It’s about things this got fixed… Thank you techyuga?… You guys are a life saver
this method is not help for me
will this fix work on my PC without internet?
It worked like magic. Thanks techyuga
WHEN SCANNING TO RETRIEVE THE DRIVER IT DIDN’T APPEAR!
And have troubles to download from internet!
If you recently used CCleaner prior to having this problem…there’s your culprit, it strips required info from the registry and causes the battery charging to misreport/misbehave. Restore registry (if you backed it up prior to running CCleaner), or Use System Restore to recover to an earlier point.
Tony, I did a system restore and the battery is reported charging again. Thank you.
to get helping for battery 100 percent charging
This didn’t work on my Acer Aspire One AO-756. I Updated the BIOS from v1.02 to v1.09 and that fixed it.
Toshiba P50-A Laptop – Windows 10 Installed Battery Not Charging Fix You are subscribed to this thread
OK, I am not a Tech just persistent and trying to find the answer….
This laptop previously had Windows 8 on it and I purchased Windows 10 and did a clean install prior to the installation of Windows 10 the battery indicator on the laptop showed the battery was charging but after installing Windows 10 the battery indicator displayed the battery was not charging. Well this is a laptop and not a desktop computer so I spent hours and hours surfing the net and going into forums trying to find the solution why all of a sudden my battery wasn’t charging after the installation of Windows 10. Along the road to discovery I did run into many articles and forums stating to try this or try that and it worked for me and it didn’t work for another and I tried some of these but none of them worked until I found one either in a forum or website mentioning this fix: Turn off your Eco saving program or it may be named something else on another make of laptop but, its the “Energy Saving program” that is with this laptop to give you longer battery life, and I guess Windows 10 installed it when Windows was installed.
Funny, after any installation of Windows I checked the “Device Manager” to see if there are any conflicts but the was none showing. Go figure…
To get back on track to the fix or partial fix. I turned off the Toshiba Eco Utility Service: Type in “Services” in the “Search” on the Task Bar and look for the Eco Utility (will be named something else for your make of laptop) and turn it off if its in the Menu where your Apps are you can decide what you want to do with that app there.
I rebooted the computer….The laptop was plugged in and the Battery indicator was showing the battery was charging but it was showing 0% remaining and that never changed after 2 hours of having it plugged in with charger. Well what do you do next the indicator showed the battery was charging but it also showed 0% charge on the indicator. – I unplugged it from the the charger and left the laptop on just sitting there to see how quick the battery would drain and the laptop would turn off after 2 hours the battery was still running the laptop on idle just sitting there and i had to go out. I shut down the laptop and the next morning tried to boot up the laptop with just the battery power and it wouldn’t so I charged it again for several hours and didn’t get back to it till the next morning. Booted the laptop up by battery power only and it booted up but the battery indicator still shows 0% remaining on battery so I wrote down the time I started running it on the battery and its been over a hour now – Well what does that tell you?
My battery is good – the Device Manager says everything is hunky dory so what’s the problem. The software I would guess doesn’t work well with Windows 10 – hmmmmm could be. The question now why isn’t the problem fixed between Microsoft and Toshiba and with all the other complaints from other people out there with different makes and models of laptops this issue is widespread. I think of all the money that has been wasted by these people trying to find a solution to their battery problem after installing Windows 10 someone out there should step up to the plate and say I’ll fix it.
OK my battery is charging, the battery indicator is showing 0% charge where is the complete fix? What I did worked for me, will it work on your make of laptop I don’t know but, I am glad I got a laptop back and not a stationary desktop its up to the manufactures and hopefully Microsoft to come up with the complete solution.
Just a footnote before you go through these steps charge your battery for a couple of hours and then unplug it and see how long your laptop will run sitting on idle before it shuts down maybe these steps were not even needed and if it shuts down very quickly you can try what I did just recharge the battery again do the things I did reboot the computer and making sure its unplugged and see how long your battery last even though your battery indicator on the Taskbar shows not charging and 0% charge. Good luck. (By the way the laptop now has been running on the battery at idle for 1 1/2 hours and the indicator still shows 0% remaining on the battery indicator.) Life what is it without a little juice…
Plugged in Not charging Windows 10
I am running a Surface Pro and a Lenovo Yoga Ideapad, both on Windows 10. Both facing the same «plugged in not charging» since the Win 10 Update.
Checked all the posts here around this issue and from a goggle search it appears there are hundreds of users facing the same issue.
Unfortunately not one single answer was helpful in any way and I have still not been able to get the issue fixed.
Tried all the recommended «solutions», does somebody have any further ideas to once and for all get this sorted.
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I have tinkered a lot and eventually get rid of the problem.
If I recall correctly, in order to fix the issue, I digged into the properties of the battery from control panel and manually (online automatic option, of course!) searched for updated drivers.
Even if no Windows update nor any Lenovo update were available, the driver got updated from an unknown source and. Voilà ! Everything came back to normal (apart from the halved battery life! Grrr)
The «battery not charging» problem is pretty common with laptops of all makes and is certainly not exclusive to Windows 10 installations. Most laptop manufacturers provide guidance on what to do when this occurs, but here’s one guide written by a Lenovo User:
Many similar guides with a simple internet search.
Thank you Erdeslawe,
But unfortunately the step 3 of the guide you suggested (disconnect the battery) is simply impossible to perform for many high end laptops without any access to the battery slot. apart if you want to void the warranty!
I suggest to first give a try to the (simplest) method that solved the problem on my laptop, and possibly only after that (for those with removable batteries) to go with the one you suggested.
I had the same issue for me too.
I updated BIOS and now its working fine for me.
Tried all the recommended «solutions», does somebody have any further ideas to once and for all get this sorted.
I had the same problem on my ThinkPad S540, directly after upgrading to Windows 10. The battery was stuck at 49% charge with the notification «plugged in, not charging». Additionally, the Lenovo Companion app could not detect the battery.
In order to solve this, I tried to install the Lenovo Battery Gauge, but that did not change anything at first. I then tried to use the «Go to Lenovo Settings» option, available in the Battery Gauge menu, and that forced me to install the Thinkpad Settings Dependency package and reboot. After that, the battery was charging again and the Lenovo Companion app could detect the battery.
Plugged in not charging Windows 10
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Thanks Peter. Both of my battery drivers have a driver date of 2006-06-21. I note that your ‘ACPI Compliant Control —‘ is much newer than mine. But after my simple fix — which I think merely ‘reset’ something in the system — battery charging & running on battery works perfectly. I test it periodically by running on battery. After reverting to AC the battery quickly charges up to ‘Fully charged (100%)’.
So following the adage that ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — I’m not sure that I want to update drivers. But I know that I can ‘Roll back’ if things go wrong, so I might give it a try.
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Thanks Peter. Both of my battery drivers have a driver date of 2006-06-21. I note that your ‘ACPI Compliant Control —‘ is much newer than mine. But after my simple fix — which I think merely ‘reset’ something in the system — battery charging & running on battery works perfectly. I test it periodically by running on battery. After reverting to AC the battery quickly charges up to ‘Fully charged (100%)’.
So following the adage that ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — I’m not sure that I want to update drivers. But I know that I can ‘Roll back’ if things go wrong, so I might give it a try.
Thanks Bob, I would be interested to know what the result is.
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Thanks Peter. Both of my battery drivers have a driver date of 2006-06-21. I note that your ‘ACPI Compliant Control —‘ is much newer than mine. But after my simple fix — which I think merely ‘reset’ something in the system — battery charging & running on battery works perfectly. I test it periodically by running on battery. After reverting to AC the battery quickly charges up to ‘Fully charged (100%)’.
So following the adage that ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — I’m not sure that I want to update drivers. But I know that I can ‘Roll back’ if things go wrong, so I might give it a try.
Thanks Bob, I would be interested to know what the result is.
Hi Peter — I just tried ‘Update driver’. Windows did an automatic search, & ended with the message —
«The best driver software for your device is already installed».
«Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date».
So the ‘ACPI Compliant Control —‘ driver dated 2006-06-21 V 6.3.9600 is confirmed to be good for me.
Note the words «for your device». Maybe other drivers work better for other devices. But I would think that any Windows user can use ‘Update driver’, choose automatic search, & see what the result is.
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Thanks Peter. Both of my battery drivers have a driver date of 2006-06-21. I note that your ‘ACPI Compliant Control —‘ is much newer than mine. But after my simple fix — which I think merely ‘reset’ something in the system — battery charging & running on battery works perfectly. I test it periodically by running on battery. After reverting to AC the battery quickly charges up to ‘Fully charged (100%)’.
So following the adage that ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — I’m not sure that I want to update drivers. But I know that I can ‘Roll back’ if things go wrong, so I might give it a try.
Thanks Bob, I would be interested to know what the result is.
Hi Peter — I just tried ‘Update driver’. Windows did an automatic search, & ended with the message —
«The best driver software for your device is already installed».
«Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date».
So the ‘ACPI Compliant Control —‘ driver dated 2006-06-21 V 6.3.9600 is confirmed to be good for me.
Note the words «for your device». Maybe other drivers work better for other devices. But I would think that any Windows user can use ‘Update driver’, choose automatic search, & see what the result is.
OK, Well my ACPI driver has the same release date but is v 10.0.1054.0 but two other drivers are loaded with it CMbatt.sys and battc.sys (v 10.0.1054.0 (th2_release 150913.1511)). I replaced these with the ones from the previous build which are v 10.0.10532.0 (th2_release 150822-1406). Shut down the computer and let it sit for 30 mins or so then rebooted and LO and BEHOLD my original charger works. I will see if is a permanent fix and let you and the world know.
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OK Peter — in my gyrations I also came across another battery related driver, but I didn’t touch it.
I admit that my ‘simple solution’ was inspirational rather than any technical expertise. Which is a good thing. All the way along I never got involved in BIOS, driver changes, & definitely — unlike some people — I didn’t panic & waste money on buying a new battery. Also I never got involved with 3rd party programs — all over the Internet — that promise a solution, always a complex one, that does not work.
I still believe that if other users kept things simple & relied on the utilities available in Windows — like the Update Drivers utility — or trying what I did — they would have a solution by now.
That does not excuse Microsoft which of course should be more helpful by now.
So, re your ‘other drivers’ — did you really need to mess with them? Did you check them with the ‘Update Driver’ utility?
Anyway, good luck & I look forward to hearing how things test out.
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At this point, I have to add the fact that all users who updated to Windows 10 AND previously used the home edition of Windows 8.1, were ACTUALLY FORCED by Microsoft to have NO control over the updates they pushed. Therefor, a lot of things were changed without us actually knowing what did what. As for third parties and «touching» the drivers, I never did it before (neither now) and never messed with my BIOS. The only party which «messed» with my system was Microsoft itself. That said, I consider them the ONLY party responsible for the malfunction of my system. I would suggest that those who have «lost» their batteries stated what exactly OS they migrated to windows 10 from. I’ll bet you the majority will be people who had home editions of previous Microsoft OS, as they had no control over the updates they received. I’m speculating, but I strongly believe there’s a bad update (or more) behind this. If that could be found, we should find what was altered and maybe we could fix it.
What I read here are just workarounds and not real «solutions». I’ll wait to see if someone of us finds one by chance, because I’m sick and tired of Microsoft’s deliberate silence on the matter. The fact that rolling back to windows 8.1 did not solve the problem, means there were some serious changes made by the updates Microsoft installed into our machines. I’m not a technician, nor I have the knowledge and the time to find which drivers and files were changed or modified by them — so where are the M technicians now? They really don’t know what’s goin’ on or they have no idea how to fix the damage already done? No more excuses, sorrry.