Maintaining the PC Battery.

[Abdu86]

Welcome HP Community

Is it OK to leave my PC plugged in after the battery is fully charged?

Thank you.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Yes, it is.

See this HP document for how to get the most life out of your notebook's battery.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01297640

[Abdu86]

Thank you for replying. I'm really sorry for not posting back a bit sooner.

Regarding the previous post, I've somehow forgot to mention the reason I had to ask such a question. It was because, when moving the mouse pointer over the battery icon on the taskbar, I used to see: 100% (fully charged. plugged in, not charging). That was exactly after it reached 100% (fully charged) every time. Having good experience with laptops, I understood that there's no problem keeping it plugged in. It is now obvious that something else appears instead, just: 100% (fully charged).

Note: I've updated Windows from version 1803 to 1903 a few days ago. I have no idea why it skipped the version between "1809."

I appreciate all your help.

Thanks again,

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome, and you don't need to apologize for the delay in replying.

One of the ways you can check to see that your battery is not charging is before you use the notebook, feel the power adapter.

If it is not charging, it should be at room temperature.  So, if you have your notebook fully charged, an hour later or so, check to see that the power supply is not warm to the touch.

Windows updates are not incremental.  It would be normal for your notebook to skip a build if a newer one is already out there.

I'm kind of surprised it didn't go right to v1909.

v1909 may be ready to install now, if you check the Windows update system, or you can update to v1909 by clicking on the blue Update Now button at the link below.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Unfortunately, I don't have a fully charged notebook handy at the moment, when I hover the mouse pointer over the battery indicator, to see if I get the same info as you do.

But that is how I can tell the battery is fully charged and the power supply is not active...the power supply is at room temperature (not warm to the touch).

Hope this answer helps.

[Abdu86]

Thank you, Mr. Paul Tikkanen, I really appreciate your help.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.