My laptop charger works but the battery wont charge.
If you are sure the charger is OK, then the possible cause could be the battery or the power jack.Take the battery out, and plug in the charger, if your laptop works, then the power jack is OK, you need to replace the battery; If not, then it proves the power jack is broken, it need to be resoldered or placed. Or you could directly test your battery with a digital multimeter.
SOURCE: Targus ac70u adapter; 0% available, ( plugged in, not charging )
Is the Tagus adapter your original adapter?
Check the adapter wih a multimeter to see if the voltage output is or slightly greater than what is printed on the label.
The adapter may not have sufficient amps to charge the battery and run the laptop, check the current rating of the original adapter and compare it with the Targus, it should be the same voltage and current rating or higher current rating.
If the adapter is OK then the battery is worn out and needs to be replaced. Recharageable batteries have only a limited number of charge and discharge cycles, when this is reached they just don't work any more. Buy a new battery, not a 2nd hand one because of the reasons I've mentioned.
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The most common cause of this is the input jack being broken off of the mother board. There is a fair amount of stress on the jack which is surface mounted onto the motherboard. It is common for the connection to break off. This can be fixed easily by anyone that works on surface mounted equipment. Please note that the laptop will need to be dis-assembled to gain access to the area that needs repair. This is a fairly involved process and should not be attempted by someone not familiar with laptops. Expect to pay around $100 for this repair. No parts should be required.
Dan
SOURCE: Laptop battery wont charge?
It could be the battery needs replacing ... it shows that the battery is charging but it doesn't keep the charge .....
SOURCE: my eee pc charger wont charge my laptop...
we had a similar problem the ac jack socket burnt out so we got a replacement part from ebay and my husband put it in and hey presto it works it cost 6 pounds for the part whereas a company to fix it wanted 100
SOURCE: acer aspire 5920 wont start. light in AC chrger
This is a sample of what you can try to do to diagnose a non-starting computer, If these don’t work, realize that most likely a system board (motherboard) has failed or the actual power trim strip above the keyboard has failed.
If it does not, there are 2 possible things I would suspect the Control strip or the mainboard. If you don't get the computer to start back up please put it back together so you remember where all the screws go. Even if you plan to get another mainboard put it back together.
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