Hi,
Yesterday when my laptop displayed low battery, it did not seem to recognise the charger when I put it in and kept coming up with the low battery alert, but the charger light was on.Assuming the charger was faulty I took it into the PC World/Currys where I bought it and a member of staff there told me that the battery was indeed charging but for one reason or another was just not displaying this on the screen and he showed me that taking out the battery and holding the power button for 10 seconds should normally fix this up. After that, all seemed back to normal - charger light on, and charging display on screen.
A few hours later at home however, the laptop again needed charging but when I plugged it in this time, there was again no recognition of a charger and moreover, no charger light. I tried the trick he showed me but it did nothing, so I left it off for an hour after which, all worked like normal.
However again today, after signalling low battery and inserting the charger, the charger light started to blink and did not display charging symbol on screen. When I tried reinserting the charger a few minutes later, there was no light whatsoever.
I left it off for half an hour and returned with a friend's identical charger and turned the laptop on to find the battery was now half full. It seems to have charged for the short time I had it in despite no charger light or on screen symbol.I'd be very grateful to find out where exactly the problem lies, the battery at least seems to be taking some charge though no evidence of it through light or on screen confirmation. I've tried to be as thorough as possible but please do let me know if I've missed anything important out. The laptop has not been dropped and gone through any serious trauma/rough handling. It's relatively new only bought 6/7 months ago.
Thank a lot for your help.