Laptop Will Not Charge or Come On

[Olujimi]

I unintentionally drained my laptop battery to zero by leaving a device plugged in. Now the laptop wouldn't charge, i.e. the charging light isn't coming on at all.

I have tried several fixes, including holding down the power button and holding down both the power button and F6 simultaneously for over 30 seconds. That is supposed to cause a hard reset. Perhaps because the battery is so completely drained, the flashing HP logo I'm supposed to expect doesn't come up. 

I am quite certain that both the battery (I only just used it) and the charger (I tried it on a different device) are fine.

I don't have another laptop so it will be real tough to drop it off with a service station for a week or so. 

[Dragon-Fur]

@Olujimi 

If you actually drained the battery all the way down, it is not going to get better.

Battery does not typically recover from zero percent charge. 

You can, if you wish, run the component test on the battery.

Run Component Tests

Contributed by  Wes_notebooks 

Testing for Hardware Failures

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HP PCs and Tablets - About UEFI and the Startup Menu

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Battery likely needs to be replaced.

HP will probably not replace the battery because the battery did not fail on its own.  Having said that, know that I am not HP - what I say is not HP policy.  If you would like to do so, contact HP and plead your case.

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[Olujimi]

Thanks @Dragon_Fur for trying to help. I'm quite convinced that the problem is not the battery. First, this isn't the first time this is happening; it just hasn't every happened when the battery was drained to zero. Second, mutt research for solution suggests that this is a common problem with the Spectre X360 owners where the device fails to charge. 

[Dragon-Fur]

@Olujimi 

You are welcome.

In the case of the battery research to which you refer regarding the Spectre, you are in a better position to judge than am I.

Why?

• I rely on HP documentation, alerts, and bulletins for information.
• I do  not have any Spectre devices at the moment.
• When I did have a lovely Spectre (two years ago?) - the  device never displayed the behavior you describe.

Nothing I have read indicates the battery will recovery (repeatedly, even?) after having drained past critical and to zero charge.  That it apparently does so is outside of my experience.

In that light, I must withdraw - nothing I can add will likely help you solve common problems that have no documented solution.

Perhaps another Expert will recognize the symptoms you describe and have something to add.

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