Laptop Only Works When Plugged In (Two Quick Fixes!) 

I can't believe it really worked! I just bought my new battery last month and I was freaking out at the thought of replacing it again. Thank you so much!

I was all set to return my laptop under warranty but this was such an easy fix ! Fantastic thanks !!

This worked for me! I have had this issue for many months. You sir have added value to my life and have earned a subscriber along with a thumbs up. Have a wonderful day!

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! I WON'T EVER SKIP YOUR ADS! YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!

Omg. I'm a technophobe but had even resorted to opening my laptop and putting my battery in and out, I was that frustrated, but you have resolved my issue and made it look so so easy - THANK YOU!

it worked for me on Dell Inspiron 5566. It needed quite a few updates including BIOS, but that alone did not clear up the power off when unpluged. The enable / disable did fix it. You rock ! thank you.

YOURE a lifesaver dude thank you soo much for showing us the 2 methods the 1st one actually worked!

Thanks bro , i was worried that my battery had gone bad but when I tried your method, my pc is now working well

Two years later, now my laptop is operating with Windows 11, yet this still works like a charm.

Lifesaver! First fix worked for me. Thank you so much my guy!

Nothing happened when I did the second option. What to do next?

Thank you so much, Sir! It helps a lot.

I was about to contact the repair guy I know and stumbled across this video and now my battery is working fine. I don't have to buy another battery and have it checked! You're my hero sir. 🥰🥰🥰

Thanks man I was having this problem just now and found your video your first solution seems to have fixed it

thank u so much omg i've been worrying this for a year

I bought a refurbished lenovo ideapad 330 and it worked well when plugged in and the battery was fully charged. But when I disconnected the plug and the laptop went into sleep mode, then it didnt switch on again. I did both procedures in your video and my laptop now works! Excellent video!

Thanks man it helped a lot i was going in vacations next week, and was getting nervous. Helped a lot!

The first method actually worked for me! Thanks man you are a lifesaver!!

Thank you so much! I came across your video minutes before ordering a new battery!

Yo man mad respect for you now my pc is charging laki a charm. Mad repect !!!!!!!

Thank you man. Your video really helped.

First method worked for me! Thank you 😊

I have great respect for the effort you're putting into this. Thank you for making the video.

Thank you so much for this I was about to stress out

Great video, I was really looking for this

This helped me today. Thank you so much!

Your a life saver thank you so much 🥺❤️❤️

You missed the discharge part it's when you take the battery out unplug the device hold down the power button for 30 seconds then put the battery back in then plug it into the wall, from there turn on the computer. In that process you're discharging all power and capacitors in your device, which could potentially fix the problem as well.

Thank you, even after a year this still works

Many thanks - I tried both tricks unsuccessfully on my 2014 Toshiba Satellite. However, I learned a lot - eventually I bit the bullet, unscrewed the base of the laptop and took out the small CMOS battery (a CR2032). Several videos have suggested taking it out and putting it in again to reset the BIOS. I found mine was dead. I replaced it, did some date/time resetting and the laptop works a treat now.

Hello, first of all, I like to thank you for your excellent and easy presentation on fixing laptop batteries. (Battery is working now) I like your presentation setup with the computer desktop background and your headshot in the lower corner. May I get help from you on how to do it? I have been teaching many classes remotely for the past few months, and your setup will be great for math classes. I appreciate any help you can provide.

Hey this helped me to sort out my issue..🥺 thank you very much😍🔥

Worth subscribing. Thanks for helping.

Thank You!! This really worked!

yooooo the first method actually worked! It was just fine this morning, but it just started malfunctioning in the afternoon and idk why. I have a spare battery though, but I'm kinda scared that I would damage my laptop battery (again), my dad would scold me again for sure 😅😅 Thank you for this, you're a lifesaver!

My charging was fluctuating when plugged in.The command prompt method fixed my problem.. Thank you🙌.... actually it worked for few days and stopped..later i removed my battery and using connected

Thank you so much. The ACPI method worked for me🚀🚀

Thanks man. It literally worked. I just can't believe it.😊

Holy crap this worked. I had bought a new battery somewhat recently....thank you lol

Hi. I am from Sri Lanka. Thank you very much. "01:52 - ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery" worked for me. I thought my battery is completely dead. Thank you again for saving my money and time.

This was so helpful. Thank you

this helped this out thank you so much you earned some subs

Wow! Thank you so much. The first step worked for me! I thought I was going to have to get a new laptop

I just wanna say thank you thank you and thank you

Thank you! This fixed my problem!

This worked! I was ready to buy a new battery. Thank you!

my problem was different but the solution did work you are awesome and I want you to know that you just gained a subscriber.❤❤

Cheers man..! First step resolved issue with my battery. That's freaking awesome. ☺️

IT LITERALLY WORKED! I was about to take it to the repair shop! Thank you! Thank you! Thanks You!

Thank you. This helped.

Thank you!!! I nearly cried knowing my laptop wont turn on if i dont plug in my charger huhu

I just wanna say thank you. You have earned a sub from me

My brother from another mother, Thank you. You saved me a lot of money. Subbed.

Thank you for this video. It helped me a lot.

This is exactly my problem, I've tried both ways and it still does not work so I guess I will take it to a repair place. Thank you so much for the help!

Thanks for this. My battery seems to have "suddenly" died, since it was working perfectly well and easily holding 3h of charge. A few days ago the pc starting shutting off immediately after removal of the adapter cord, but strangely enough it always shows 78% of charge. I've tried your method with the battery and adapter as well, checked the voltage of the adapter and other methods, to no avail. I'm thinking it could be a software issue but I'm running out of ideas and tutorials... Maybe the last windows update did it...

Omg the first option ,device manager thing works .thank you so much

Awesome job, sir!!! Thank you.

I only have 5% left should I do it?

I tried both the methods but didn't work for me, what should I do next? my laptop battery shows charging but laptop shutdown immediately after removing power cord..

Wow. I am impressed. This worked. Thank you so much. I got so sick and tired of my laptop turning off within 2 minutes just because the charger disconnected. Amazing.

The command setting worked!! Thanks

his cursor is bigger than my future

Wow! I was skeptical, but it worked! I went to Device Manager > Batteries and disabled the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Battery function. Got message saying I had to restart to let the changed setting take place. Did that, then with the computer running I pulled the plug from the charger and the computer stayed on! So then I opened Device Manager and enabled the ACPI Compliant Battery function again. This was with the laptop running on the battery. Again got the message needing to restart, so I did, and it still works. The battery icon is back and seems to show the correct battery charge, still running on battery. Then I plugged in the charger again, and it shows that the battery is charging. Seems to be perfect, like it was before the problem showed up. You saved me from buying a new internal battery pack. Before watching your video I had opened up the computer and used a multimeter to check the voltage at the battery connector, and there was zero volts. I thought maybe there was a fuse inside the battery pack to prevent a meltdown in case of a short circuit. But I followed your procedure and all is A-OK again. Thanks! My laptop is an Acer Predator Helios 300 that's about 3 years old. I have rarely used it on battery power, but it was always fine when I did, until a day or two ago. I had opened the case to replace the boot SSD with a bigger one, and after that was the first time I had a problem with running on battery. I thought maybe I had accidentally pulled the internal battery connector, but checked, unplugged and replugged it, but no joy. I still don't understand why disabling the ACPI battery control, restarting, then enabling it again would cure the problem. But it did! You saved me a lot of further expense and grief. Thanks!

Thankyou so much for this, it helps me a lot :)

Thankyou so sooo muchhh! it finaly fixed after this video with the prompt! Thankyou for your service

My laptop starts hanging and runs laggy as soon as plugged off, could you pleas assist me with the problem. It works totally fine while plugged in

Yes it works, thank you so much for your help sir

I tried everything and only this worked, Thanks so much :)

Man this worked! Thank you!

My laptops battery stucks at 0% even when I plug it in for some period of time. What can I do about it sir?

My laptop battery icon says it’s fully charged but when I disconnect it it shuts down does this method work on the as well

Thank you so muchhh! The first one worked!

Thanks man!

It still doesn't work. If I want to play or use it I have to plug in the charger :( I'm scared to tell this to my parents since they just got this laptop last month.

Hello so I have a question. when I did “enable device” it said “locking” on the whole screen and then it shut down So my question is, is that a problem that it turned off? Could you please answer?

You're simply the best! Thank God i stumbled on this video

Wow .! First step worked for me. Thanks bro.

I disabled the battery via device manager and when I unplugged the AC adapter to see whether it's now just working on AC power or not to my surprise it was still running on battery. The only change I noticed was the battery icon disappeared. This doesn't work it seems.

My laptop just switches off whenever i remove charger from it. It works only when its charging. As you said,At start i did the device manager thing and yes it worked I unplugged the charger and saw that my laptop was working fine but after 2 to 3 minutes it just switches off.I did the Cmd thing too but still same problem occurs. Beforely, it was unable to start without Charger plugged in but now it can start but only holds for 2 3 minutes. I am just fed up of this. My laps battery is irremovable so i cant remove it.

Thank you for sharing this valuable info.

It actually worked for my laptop, Thank you :) but I have to wait a little longer to be sure

Hi, The first method worked and I used the laptop normally for two days. Now the same problem has come again. Please suggest me the way ahead

HI.. my laptop shutdown when i unplug it and it shows charging but it never goes up it stucks in 40% plz help me.

thank you so muchhh. It really helps 🥺

The first method worked for me thanks so much 👌🏾

I have my laptop here, i always need to plug it in (charge) for it to open. when i don't it just doesn't turn on or when i take off the charger it turns off.

My laptop died using the first method

It worked like a magic. Thanks a ton for the tips.

thank you so much. This video helped a lot.

I was worried about this but i did a little experiment and found a fix for me HOPEFULLY IT HELPS YOU : I turned off ACPI and plugged off the charger and my laptop was working on battery then i waited for a minute or two and turned on ACPI again. It helped me hopefully it helps you. Tip: wait for your battery to drain out before charging it again

hi, Josh! Thank you for making the video. I have some questions related to, and out of this topic. 1. I have an old laptop (ASUS X550J from 2015) that I use as a secondary storage, and it will only work when plugged in. The battery symbol exists and it shows "0%, plugged in" when I hover the cursor to it. Is it safe to disable the Adapter as you showed starting in 01:52 ? My biggest worry is that it'd just shut off and couldn't be turned on again, so I haven't tested the method yet. 2. The primary laptop I use (ASUS ROG GA502D) seems to be draining battery when I checked the Battery Health Report via CMD. Is there a way to somehow fix the health of the battery? If so, how do I do it? If not, how long, or when is the time I should get a replacement battery? 3. Do you happen to have any social media we can follow to connect to you more directly? I somehow struck upon this channel and I'm glad I did. Your explanations in your videos are very concise. I look forward to your reply. Cheers, PlasmaDrone P.S: Keep up the good work! I wish you all the best for your channel to grow. It's very top notch :D :D

Looks like it worked and worked well ... Thanks again!!!!

Thanks a lot. It helped me. I appreciate your efforts. Thanks again for this video

Full support from me

That's a good tip. Other sites are saying to DELETE the power driver (or all of them), cycle the machine on and off, and let Windows auto-install it/them at start-up. I'm a LOT more comfortable just disabling and re-enabling the driver, unless I want to clone my entire machine to another SSD first -- as I don't want to mess up my machine if something goes wrong when trying this. By the way, to me it's outrageous how PC makers are now making it so hard for folks to self-repair, doing things like making the battery unaccessable externally, or even having a soldered wire attaching the battery to the mother board. I've been buying Dell E6430's and DellE6440's refurbished from corporate lease machines in good shape for CHEAP (like $150 to $200) from reliable refurbishers. (If you get them this cheap, they'll generally have a small old HDD). Since those (2011 to 2014 vintage for those two models) are SUPER EASY to maintain re both the hard drive or SSD and the battery, the repair manuals are online, etc. they're ideal for users to upgrade the data drive (two screws, and slide the bay), replace the battery (easy external access with two slides and no screws), etc. THANK YOU for videos like this. Between you great RU-vid video makers, and outfits like Dell willing (in the past) to have easily maintainable PC's and online documentation, PC owners can keep some old PC's going without spending a fortune or being a techie or mechanical type.

Wow, it's charging now, thank you so much for your video 👍👍💐

Thank you! It worked on my laptop.

Did the same as you did.....but it can't fix my laptop . Same issue still😭😭

I did those two methods. but still it's plugged in only and when I plugged it out the laptop does not working. can you please help me