If this doesn’t work, you may have a faulty laptop battery. Once powered on, plug the power cord into the laptop and see if it charges.Replace the battery and boot up the laptop.Hold down the power button on the laptop for 20 – 30 seconds.Remove the laptop battery and power cord.It is like a hard reset and can sometimes shake the battery back into life. This removes the battery and forces the laptop to discharge any residual voltage. If that doesn’t work, you should try a full drain on the laptop. Replacing the Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery solves many issues with a laptop being plugged in but not charging. Allow Windows to scan and install the driver once more.Select Scan for hardware changes in the top menu of Device Manager.Select Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery driver.Type ‘Device Control Manager’ into the Cortana/Search Windows box and open Windows Device Manager.

The fix is fairly simple which is why I put this second. This has been around since Windows 7 through Windows 10 and can impact charging.

If you use a Windows laptop, there is a common issue with the Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery driver.

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