Same symptoms. The laptop is 8 years old and the battery finally gave out. 30 buck fix. Worth it since it's an i7 laptop with SSD.
Hello... I have a lenovo laptop with a very intresting proplem.... charger is ok... when pluged in, indicator lights show it is pluged in... i turn on laptop with battery on and says "plaged in not charging" but works.... i shut down take off the battery and laptop will not start at all with out battery... i put back battery and laptop starts with empty battery but again says "pluged in not charging"..... anybody have any idea ?

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