Laptop Battery issue

question:

im having some trouble with my laptop. hopefully you can help.

the battery inside seems to be not charging as my laptop only works on the ac adapter. anything i can do to fix it?


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Most likely the battery is messed up. You see, after a while, laptop batteries lose their way of tracking how much power it can hold. The more you use it, the more it messes up. Most laptops these days come with a battery calibration software in the BIOS which you are supposed to use every month to calibrate the battery. This way the battery doesn't die out so quick. If your battery can't hold a charge at all, you should consider it dead. You CAN ship it to one of those companies that can fix it, but the cost is not small. Your best bet is to shell out the 100-200 USD and buy a replacement battery.

However if your battery can hold a few minute worth of charge, I suggest you try going into the BIOS and calibrating the battery fast. It's a process taht takes about 10 minutes to do but if your battery can hold a charge for up to 15 minutes or so, This might be a good option. Incase it can fix it that is. Though I don't know how successful it will be.