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09-10-2021 09:12 AM
How have you determined that your battery is "Functional" -- as when this happens, that tend to indicate the battery is dead, too low to power the laptop, or unable to hold a charge.
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09-10-2021 01:42 PM
OK ... then the battery should be OK.
You can check the battery to some extent using Powershell built into Windows 10, as follows:
1) Press Windows key + X
2) Click Powershell in the menu
3) Type powercfg /batteryreport
This will generate a report and if you scroll down, you will see Design Capacity and Full Charge Capacity ratings. If the Full Charge Capacity is less than 50% of the Design Capacity, it is faulty and needs to be replaced.
Also note the figure alongside the "Cycle Count". This tells how many times the battery has been fully recharged. A typical battery can handle around 500 charge cycles, but some will fail sooner than that.
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