Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop won't charge the battery

Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop won't charge the battery I just bought a brand new battery for this laptop, it came with 53% battery life and because it has been plugged in it hasn't dropped a percentage but will not charge. it says in the battery info that it's plugged in but not charging
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Guest [Entry]

"I have also the problem that the battery won't charge.

I have already replaced the battery, the adapter and even the power board. It didn't help.

The computer runs well with the power cord. I had XP, VistA and windows 7 installed. It makes no difference.

I don't know what to try next.

Update (05/20/2017)

Well, today I gave it another try.

I tried one more adapter today. I wasn´t expecting much, as I had already bought an aftermarket adapter and an original used adapter before, which both didn´t work.

This adapter though does work. I deliberately chose an adapter with an higher output. This adapter has 90W instead of 65W output. I am not totally sure, that this makes the difference. But after all it works! :-))"

Guest [Entry]

Press the F12 key when booting up, you will get a menu that will let you check the BIOS or run diagnostics. In BIOS the ac adapter and battery are at the top of the list. If the ac adapter shows as 1 watt or unknown then the problem is either the ac adapter or the mother board. If the battery does not show up then it is likely a bad battery. Run diagnostics to test the components, if the battery is bad it will show up as weak in diagnostics. Diagnostics will test the fans, CPU and memory.

Guest [Entry]

"Here are few things to try:

1. Check if the battery works in another laptop.

2. Clean the battery contacts if you’re comfortable with it. Also check if it’s damaged or bent.

3. Try another battery. If this battery works, then you know for sure that the other battery is faulty. If the system is under warranty you can get battery replacement from Sony

4. Seems like flashing BIOS has helped a great deal of people facing similar problem.

Please fully charge (24 hours) and discharge for several times to see how long the battery working time is. hope can help you,thanks

More:http://goo.gl/LJDmLA"

Guest [Entry]

"1. Check the charger .

2. check the battery .

3. Tray the battery in another laptop ..."

Guest [Entry]

After many attempts at solutions, the only way I found to resolve this was to remove the power cable and then plug it back in with as much force as humanly possible. I mean really, really press it in hard. The status then changes to "plugged in, charging".