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Question

Asus laptop plugged in, not charging

Mar 12, 2016 5:17AM PST

I saw a lot of topics here about the same problem, but nothing works. I tried some suggestions I saw here, but i still have the same problem. It says either ''plugged in, not charging'', or ''0%, calculating''.

I saw one thing i didn't try, to go to BIOS and change the settings. I don't know if that would be smart, since I never did anything BIOS-related, and my friend who i good with computers said he will help me however he can, but he won't touch my BIOS since it's risky business. So my question is, is it smart to touch BIOS or is there something else I can try?

I tried taking out battery and power thing, but still nothing. After that the battery light stopped blinking and it's just still and orange, but still the battery is not charging. Is the battery maybe broken?

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Clarification Request
How old is it?
Mar 12, 2016 9:59AM PST

Batteries for 99% are 300 cycle rated. So if you use the battery daily it can wear out in one year. At the office we get about 4 years on laptops that sit on the desk under power.

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A bit over two years old
Mar 13, 2016 8:58AM PDT

It's a bit over two years old (I bought it in January two years ago), but this is my third laptop and I never had a problem like this, even though the laptops were older. Sure, battery doesn't last long anymore, maybe 20 minutes, but at least all of them were still charging.
But okay, thank you for your answer Happy I will try to buy a new battery, let's hope it will work.

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At 20 minutes, I don't leave such in a laptop. Why?
Mar 13, 2016 9:10AM PDT

The battery can strain and cause the motherboard charging circuit to fail or some other failure. Bad batteries are bad news.