plugged in, not charging

[laptechie]

Hi all,

i have had to change my HDD and when i reloaded win 7 my battery indicator icon says "plugged in, not charging".

i have read loads of treads about this issue and done all of the suggestions but nothing works.

any help would be grateful.

i have uninstalled both

                                         Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

                                         ACPI Fixed Feature Button

they reinstall after reboot

i cannot perform calibration as i cant recharge the battery in the first place

[Huffer]

Minimum requirement for us to help you is to identify your laptop. I know some of the dv6 models have a BIOS upgrade which is designed to fix a similar problem so if you have that model we could tell you "upgrade the BIOS", but without knowing what you have we can't really help. 

[laptechie]

thanks for the response

the machine is a Compaq Presario CQ56-101sa

its running Win7

i have noticed that it will for about 5 seconds show an amber light for charging then the light goes white.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

This is not one of the models with the BIOS designed to fix charging issues but is an old enough laptop that it may be as simple as a battery that just needs to be replaced.

[ariel_agustin]

I have a 1-year old EliteBook 8440W that has a similar issue. The laptop was fine until it was not used for 2 weeks, due to a lost charger. When I found the charger, plugged it in, and turned on the laptop, this issue came up: 0% charge, plugged in, not charging. I tried HP Expert MumboDog's solution (from another thread) but uninstalling the ACPI Fixed Feature forces a restart (a pop-up to restart or cancel appears) instead of letting me shutdown to continue with the other steps.  Please advise.