ThinkPad lenovo not charging

"When you’ve found that your laptop battery is plugged in but not charging, one of the first troubleshooting steps is to check your hardware faulty and make sure the hardware components work properly.

Make sure that you power cable is not damaged. If the cable is not working, you won’t be able to charge.A bad AC adapter may cause your battery charging issue even if you’ve plugged in your battery. So you can try another AC adapter and see if it makes changes.

If your Lenovo is not charging even plugged in, you can also try power resetting your laptop, and this method works for many people who have the same issue. Here’s what you need to do:

Shut down your laptop.Unplug your charger (power cable).Remove the battery from your laptop.Press and hold the power button for 30 seconds, then release it.Put your battery back in and plug your charger into your laptop.Turn on your computer, and it should start charging now.

A missing or outdated battery driver in your Lenovo can also cause the “plugged in not charging” issue. So you should make sure that your battery driver is up to date, and update it if it’s not.

You can go to the manufacturer’s website, and download and install the latest version of your battery driver."

"I work at a school - we have a bunch of Lenovo A485. Many of them not charging. The solution this time was.

Turn on laptop while battery and charger was connected.Login to OSUnplug battery while laptop turn on with charger connected.Wait a few secs. (15 aprox.)Connect battery again.Confirm that laptop is charging or repeat from step 1. Usually works in first try.

Good day to all"

"Usually this is due to bad charging circuit in Thinkpad.

If you have a meter, remove the battery and you will see a set of connector from Thinkpad to battery.

The first 2 slightly longer connector pins is Negative. The next 3, you should get 3.3v when power adapter is plugged. If one of them is missing, your battery would not charge."

"I don't know the author but this worked for me.

Here's what you need to do:

Shut down your laptop.Unplug your charger (power cable).Remove the battery from your laptop.Press and hold the power button for 30 seconds, then release it.Put your battery back in and plug your charger into your laptop.Turn on your computer, and it should start charging now.

Mar 9, 2017"

"What worked for me for a while:

Turn the laptop on with charger plugged in (or plug it after the next step)Login to the OSClose the laptopOpen itNow, it should detect you have it plugged in

It worked like a charm for a few weeks, now the battery doesn’t seem to work properly. But hopefully it may help someone."