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I have a Lenovo Yoga 710-14IKB. It went dead and now doesn’t charge or power on. I think the battery might be drained. I disconnected the battery and tried a few troubleshooting things but the best I got was the power light to flash orange which I believe indicates that the battery is charging from a drained state. I have left it plugged in and tried different plugs etc but I get nothing. Is there a way to jump-start the battery? I would be happy to buy a replacement battery if I was sure that would fix it. I disconnected the battery and used the main power only all that worked was the fan at the bottom for about 5 seconds. That’s the most I could get it to do. When I reconnected the battery and plugged the laptop back into the main power that’s when the charging light flashed orange a few times. When I plug it in whether the battery is connected or not I get nothing. Is that normal? or should the laptop accept power from the mains if the battery is disconnected
It would have helped us to help you better if you told us what these things were, “… tried a few troubleshooting things…”. It saves us time. You may have done one of the steps incorrectly - none of us a re perfect. Any how try the following and let us know how it goes. To enter BIOS via function key Turn the PC off.Turn the PC on.The PC screen displays the Lenovo logo. To enter BIOS via Novo button Shut down the computer. Find the Novo button.Press Novo button to enter Novo Boot Menu, select BIOS Setup to enter BIOS. The Novo button is usually located on the side or near the power button of the machine. The button is either a small button or pinhole with a backwards arrow icon next to it that resembles an upside down U. To press the button, use the tip of an unfolded paper clip (or similar object with a sharp tip) and gently press the Novo button. Service Manual https://usermanual.wiki/Lenovo/Yoga71014…
Thanks Mike. The problem I have is the laptop is 100% off and will not power on at all. When the laptop is plugged in the charging light does not come on either. I have disconnected the battery and plugged it into the main power and still nothing.
To answer one of your earlier questions. Yes, laptops will work with battery removed and just the charger/power cord plugged in. Have you tested the charger in another laptop? In troubleshooting you are always trying to eliminate possible causes. Disconnected hard drive, removed Wifi card, take out the RAM and reinsert making sure it seats properly, what else??? This is to see if a bad component is shorting out the system Did anything in particular happen before this problem first appeared? Have you tried this yet? Unplug your charger cord.Remove the battery.Press and hold the “Power” button for 30 seconds.Now plug back in the power/charger cord.Try turning it on now.If it works put the battery back in.
I am having a very similar issue. It started with the laptop not wanting to turn on by pressing the power button once (with steady orange light) while connected to the charger. I held the power button for about 5-10 seconds and the button light (orange) extinguished, and since then I have not been able to turn on the laptop. I have disassembled the laptop all the way and tested the battery with another same laptop I have and the battery charges properly. I did found that it looks like the motherboard or what the repair manual calls it the system board is not getting any power as I tried the other laptop system board and it works with the broken laptop battery. I hope I don’t have to replace the motherboard, because it has the CPU integrated (soldered) in it thus it may be cost prohibited to get a replacement of it. I am gonna try the Lenovo button underneath the laptop and see if that works somehow.
@oconnor84 - did you ever find a solution? I am experiencing the EXACT same thing!
I never did. I didn’t want to buy a new battery unless I knew it was 100% going to fix it. I ended up dropping it off to best buy to recycle it
