Windows 7 Lap Top Battery

[larrymacuk]

All of a sudden my battery charges to 80% and says plugged in and not charging
Bought a new battery same thing Is there some where in the settings I can make it charge to 100%
Thanks

[Prudie]

It may not be your battery but rather your charger, I've had to replace my charger twice in the 5 years I've had my laptop.

[pinkyboyid]

What make / model type is your Laptop?

If it is a Samsung there is some info at the following link that describes how to disable a 'Battery Life Extender Option' that limits charging to 80%, which may possibly relate to your issue.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/skp/faq/1052778

[larrymacuk]

It is a Samsung but why would it just start doing this as it has always gone to 100%

[pinkyboyid]

Not sure why, but thats assuming that the battery life extender option setting does actually exist on your laptop, in either windows configuration settings or the laptop startup BIOS and it is showing as disabled.

Worth checking to see if it exists in 'enabled' state and set it to 'disabled'.

One thought, if the setting is in the startup BIOS and you haven't changed anything recently, it may be worth keeping a check on the Clock/Time settings in the BIOS each time you power-on to see if that changes randomly. If so, likely culprit is a failing CMOS battery that maintains the BIOS settings memory.

[larrymacuk]

Thanks I have now changed it in my BIOS it is on charge now hopefully it has solved the problem

[larrymacuk]

Thanks it worked

[pinkyboyid]

Good to know your are ok now.