Chosen Solution

Laptop Battery not charging “plugged in, not charging”

  1. Check the Lenovo Vantage app. It will tell you battery condition. It also allows what is called a “threshold”. If the battery reaches this threshold (i.e. 75%), the battery will stop charging and display “plugged in and not charging”.
  2. If that didn’t pan out, turn off the laptop, unplug the charge cable, and remove the battery for a bit. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds. Then put the battery back and charge cable back in. If this still doesn’t resolve it, look toward either a new battery or charger.

Software solution below: I had the same problem, and it is a software problem, not hardware: Battery 1 was fully charged, Battery 2 had 5% charge, but could never get charged. (my battery 1 is not removable). Here is how I solved the problem: Go to your Windows Device manager: Under “Batteries”, you will have two times “Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery” ==> The first one is for battery 1, the second is for battery 2.If your battery 2 is not charging, then : Right-click on : “Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery” of battery 1, and disable it. Then unplug and replug your charger into your laptop ==> Hop!! your battery 2 is “charging” now. You can enable back battery 1 (battery 2 will continue charging).If by doing this, you still have your battery 2 not charging, high chances you have a Hardware problem

I also encountered the problem of not charging, and the indicator light was always orange. Unplug the charger, the indicator light is still on. My method is to press and hold the power button for 15-20 seconds, and the charging indicator light miraculously goes out. I plugged in the charger again and started charging! J’ai également rencontré le problème de ne pas charger, et le voyant est toujours orange. Débranchez le chargeur, le voyant reste allumé. Ma méthode consiste à appuyer et à maintenir le bouton d’alimentation pendant 15 à 20 secondes, et le voyant de charge s’éteint miraculeusement. J’ai rebranché le chargeur et j’ai commencé à charger! 我也遇到了不充电的问题，指示灯常亮桔黄色。拨下充电器插头，指示灯仍然亮着。 我的方法是按住电源键15-20秒，充电指示灯奇迹般熄灭了。我重新插入充电器，开始充电了！

To others in the same boat, I couldn’t fix mine - it was making a super loud sketchy digital type noise (coil whine) and not charging.. Gave up after a ton of troubleshooting and left the battery unplugged for a few days… Figured I’d try it again, plugged the battery back in, now it works like a charm. Just needed a couple days unplugged I guess?

If our laptop is not charging. There are mainly two reasons for it

  1. check the life period of battery because the battery has also some life cycle
  2. Check the wire or use different person which have same company charger. we have used our charger at different sockets also. if yet your problem has not solved consult to a good technician.

here are the basic tricks to fix Lenovo laptop not charging issue. now let me take you to another step. where I am going to help you with how can you fix the problem. First of all, you should check the charger settings, maybe your laptop charger is damaged. that’s why your laptop is not charging properly.After checking the charger, you should check the battery on your laptop. you should install that battery on your other laptop and then check if it is charging or not. if couldn’t charge itself there. then it’s a problem from the battery. in such case, you need to replace the battery.Once you will check all these things, but somehow if your laptop is still not working, you need to check the dc adapter. maybe, it is not functioning properly. that’s why your laptop is not working properly.how to fix lenovo laptop is not charging problem?

We are not here because of not CHARGING problem. The question was that our laptops have primary and secondary battery but this ugly machine looks like it is ONLY USING PRIMARY BATTERY AND WHEN IT IS EMPTY IT JUST SWITCH OFF. HOW TO SEE THAT THIS UGLY BLACK THING WHICH IS OVERPRICES IS USING SECONDARY BATTERY???!!!