Once battery in my laptop is partially discharged and connected to the AC Power, it starts charging and then somewhere down the line, the laptop suspends with the ‘battery low’ pop up. When I bring it out of suspension, it shows the battery completely depleted, for whatever reason. Then, the second I power down, the battery starts charging. This isn’t normal behavior. If anyone can shower some light on this, I’d be really really grateful.
I think your laptop may have a problem with the DC power connector (AKA power jack). Even though the AC adapter is plugged, the laptop runs on the battery power. It happens because the power jack is not making good connection with the motherboard. As a result, the motherboard is not getting power from the adapter and runs on the battery power instead. The laptop works until the battery dries out and then it suspends. Did you notice if the battery starts charging if you wiggle the power plug inside the power jack a little bit? If it does, most likely the problem is related to the power jack and it has to be resoldered or replaced. Please read this post for more information: Laptop switching to battery while connected to AC adapter.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Thanks for the help. I’ve managed to solve the problem somewhat, by changing the cable that leads from the adapter to the power outlet which seems to have removed the problem entirely. Any ideas on why this seems to have worked?
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:36 am
I really need help. i am using hp notebook. now the problem with my battery is when ever i put it on charging while using it,on the try, icon of ac power and icon of battery keeps on switching which is disturbing also the switching makes the arrow(mouse) moves obnoxiously here and there, usually to the extreme top right corner and therefore the web pages or any other opned pages are mistakenly closed….plzzzzzzzz help/////
June 17th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Hi, I have kinda a wierd problem…
My HP dv4000 laptop was dropped and since then it wont start, no bios, just some lights and fan noise. Anyway, I striped it down to just the motherboard, ac adapter, and memory, I got it to show a screen for a few seconds that said somthing about a media error. I dont remember exactly the code or number. After I put the battery in… the charge light will only come on when I have the external monitorconnected to the laptop. I noticed a little spark while plugging in the vga connector. I also noticed that if I unplug the monitors AC cable from the wall, the charge light turns off. I am probally going to replace the motherboard here soon, but wanted an experts opinion on if I really might need it.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:40 am
Could you explain to me is it harmful for my laptop if I plug it in AC power while it working or not ? becuase my friend told me that is harmful and battery will damage.
Thank you for help.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
My Gateway laptop Model MX7118 battery light continues to blink and never go out. Sometimes when I boot up, the light is on continuous. After a while the light will begin to blink and continue. Is this a sign of low or dead battery or should it continue to do this.
I replaced my surge protector and the light came on solid for about 24 hours. Then it began to blink and never cut off.
November 12th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
i accidently plug the wrong adapter with a reverse polarity to my laptop, now the right adapter is plugin but the battery is not charging i checked the mother board and the ac power jack has power going through the mother board, i dont know if the problem is in the ac power jack board or the mother board it self please help
November 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I have a yr old Gateway MX3230. My notebook does not charge and I can only use it while the adapter is plugged in. Well I decided to buy a new computer later so I didn’t bother with it. Well, I plugged up my new cordless phone into the same surge protector and it hasn’t charged since day one. I try other outlets without the surge protector and neither one of them charge. I’m wondering now if I need to buy a new computer or if there is a way to repair whatever problem that has occurred while using this surge protector. Please help.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:45 am
New problem. I took the battery out to see if I could get better results, not it keeps rebooting. Wont’ completely turn in in safe mode, wont turn on from last known good configuration, and wont start normally. The Microsoft Windows XP comes up, a blue screen with writing flashes, too fast for me to see what’s going on, and it starts over again.