Charging Issues

I don't think there is a lightning bolt, but rather a tooltip, that should
show you your battery level, and its charging status (hover your mouse over
the icon). Too, the battery icon will increasinging fill with a blue color,
the more it's charged. The Windows Mobility Center shortcut (Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories), which you may want to copy to your desktop, will
also show your battery status. In Help and Support, do a search for Battery
Meter for more details.

"David" <David.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The Battery in my model dv9000 computer is dead. It is plugged into AC
> power
> and the computer works fine. The battery icon shows AC power is connected
> but, the lightning bolt isn't showing indicating that the battery is not
> charging.

On the bottom right side of my task bar there is a two prong plug with a wire
indicating that my laptop is plugged into AC power. My battery is dead, and
there should be a small blue lightning bolt over the plug showing that the
battery is charging. My computer is only 6 months old and until now has never
had a battery issue, or charging whichever it is.

"dean-dean" wrote:

> I don't think there is a lightning bolt, but rather a tooltip, that should
> show you your batternd its charging status (hover your mouse over
> the icon). Too, the battery icon will increasinging fill with a blue color,
> the more it's charged. The Windows Mobility Center shortcut (Start
> Menu\Programs\Accessories), which you may want to copy to your desktop, will
> also show your battery status. In Help and Support, do a search for Battery
> Meter for more details.
>
> "David" <David.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9251932B-E0D0-49D2-A4F8-839068BE3131@microsoft.com...
> > The Battery in my model dv9000 computer is dead. It is plugged into AC
> > power
> > and the computer works fine. The battery icon shows AC power is connected
> > but, the lightning bolt isn't showing indicating that the battery is not
> > charging.
>
>

Have you been using it on battery at all? If you unplug the A/C does the
laptop loose power?

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"David" <David RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> On the bottom right side of my task bar there is a two prong plug with a
> wire
> indicating that my laptop is plugged into AC power. My battery is dead,
> and
> there should be a small blue lightning bolt over the plug showing that the
> battery is charging. My computer is only 6 months old and until now has
> never
> had a battery issue, or charging whichever it is.
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
>> I don't think there is a lightning bolt, but rather a tooltip, that
>> should
>> show you your batternd its charging status (hover your mouse over
>> the icon). Too, the battery icon will increasinging fill with a blue
>> color,
>> the more it's charged. The Windows Mobility Center shortcut (Start
>> Menu\Programs\Accessories), which you may want to copy to your desktop,
>> will
>> also show your battery status. In Help and Support, do a search for
>> Battery
>> Meter for more details.
>>
>> "David" <David RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9251932B-E0D0-49D2-A4F8-839068BE3131@microsoft.com...
>> > The Battery in my model dv9000 computer is dead. It is plugged into AC
>> > power
>> > and the computer works fine. The battery icon shows AC power is
>> > connected
>> > but, the lightning bolt isn't showing indicating that the battery is
>> > not
>> > charging.
>>
>>

I don't think David is the only one with this problem. I have found on the
web that other people are having this problem. I'm also having this problem.
I recently bought a Sony Vaio CR190 and it's less than 3 weeks old. The
battery does not get charged past 50%. It keeps saying, plugged in, not
charging. Sony sent me a new battery and the same problem is happening. The
laptop is plugged into the AC adapter but the battery does not get charged.
I do not think this is a bad battery problem, but Vista itself as too many
people with brand NEW notebooks running on Vista are having this problem. Is
there a setting that we don't know about? There must be because the system
knows to stop charging at 50%.

"David B." wrote:

> Have you been using it on battery at all? If you unplug the A/C does the
> laptop loose power?
>
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> "David" <David DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4B34C6AD-61CE-4944-BB3F-B84ABA4B3BA7@microsoft.com...
> > On the bottom right side of my task bar there is a two prong plug with a
> > wire
> > indicating that my laptop is plugged into AC power. My battery is dead,
> > and
> > there should be a small blue lightning bolt over the plug showing that the
> > battery is charging. My computer is only 6 months old and until now has
> > never
> > had a battery issue, or charging whichever it is.
> >
> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >
> >> I don't think there is a lightning bolt, but rather a tooltip, that
> >> should
> >> show you your batternd its charging status (hover your mouse over
> >> the icon). Too, the battery icon will increasinging fill with a blue
> >> color,
> >> the more it's charged. The Windows Mobility Center shortcut (Start
> >> Menu\Programs\Accessories), which you may want to copy to your desktop,
> >> will
> >> also show your battery status. In Help and Support, do a search for
> >> Battery
> >> Meter for more details.
> >>
> >> "David" <David DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9251932B-E0D0-49D2-A4F8-839068BE3131@microsoft.com...
> >> > The Battery in my model dv9000 computer is dead. It is plugged into AC
> >> > power
> >> > and the computer works fine. The battery icon shows AC power is
> >> > connected
> >> > but, the lightning bolt isn't showing indicating that the battery is
> >> > not
> >> > charging.
> >>
> >>
>