What mean plug on battery icon when Pc is charged and cable is reamoved

SOURCE: My PC won't run with ac /dc power!

Hello. There is a hardware failure with the laptop not the AC charger. AC chargers have some range of protections of their own. If the power requirements of the laptop are bigger then what the charger can handle, the charger will turn off. Also other parameters can bring the charger offline. In your case, you have a problem with a small chip, the battery charge controller unit, witch regulates the amount of current required to propperly charge the battery. When this thing fails, the charging requirements for the battery are reported rong and the AC charger is forced to give more power then necesary. This results in disconnection of the AC charger ( an internal fail safe of the AC charger) and the laptop to swich back to battery power. When the laptop is turned off, it can charge the battery because the power requirements are low, having all processor, main board, hard disk etc turned off. Therefore the AC charger can handle the load. However you will need to have it checked by a service center as it is a hardware fault. Both AC charger and laptop needs that check. The charge controll circuit needs to be replaced probably. It will be a somewhat expensive repair. Don't buy any other battery untill you have the laptop checked. For more aditional info please post back. PS. Sorry for my bad english, I am from Romania, it is pretty hard for me to explain tehnical stuff in english.

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: Won't turn on, but the charge icon blinks 3 times

It has enough juice in the battery to light up the lcd lights but not enough to turn it on. Could be the power supply. Consult a reputable service center and have it checked out. Good luck.

SOURCE: Gateway laptop will not charge battery.

I have a new gateway laptop with windows 7 and today it said plugged in not charging 8%. I tried everything and nothing worked so I turned it off and unplugged it and took the battery out and put it back in and it started charging...hopefully this works.

SOURCE: I have a Dell Inspiron 1721 that will not power up

This is a common problem and most often it is the DC jack in the back where you plug in the power supply. Does moving the plug in the jack make any diffrence? Dell motherboards have issues with bad solder joints at the DC jack. I also see people tripping over the power supply cable and it destroys the jack. Jack replacement can be expensive. I do them for $75.00 in Mass. but see people charging as much as $150.00 to do it. The other thing it can be is a bad motherboard. I see many Dell laptops will power up on A/C and Battery but will not charge the battery. Then again we see your problem where it will run on battery charged off another laptop but will not run on A/C or charge the battery. 95% of the time it is the jack. Let us know how you make out. Phil [email protected]

Testimonial: "Thank you for response, Dell customer service agreed with you; however it is 5 weeks out of warrenty so.. I get to take it to a local repair shop.Thnx"