Battery plugged in, not charging?

thanks this was very useful, in future please share more problems and resolutions you have achieved.         this helped me fix my laptop 

This worked for me as well. My dell laptop (which is less then 6 months old) was only registering that it was plugged in for a brief second, then the plug icon went away. First I tried another dell power cord and it did the same thing. So then I found this post, did what this poster suggested and now it's working fine again. I was super mad for a minute thinking I needed a new laptop already.

Thank you so much for the bios update idea. I tried taking the battery out and back in and doing the uninstall of the battery drivers and restarting, but nothing was working.

I had to use "auto detect" for the site to find my machine, then I was offered the updates.  I didn't even have to restart my computer!  It suggested six updates, and after the first update was complete (bios) the battery started saying, "plugged in and charging again."

Thanks Pamela  -- had the same issue on my Inspiron 5520.  Tried a "lite version" of your approach:

1. I had about 33% battery left. I unplugged the power cord from the laptop only
2. Powered down
3. Removed the battery
4. Replaced the battery
5. Powered up.
6. Replaced the power cord -- battery began charging

Thanks for the "Inspiron-ation".   :emotion-2:

Cleaning contact method works

I literally cannot thank you enough right now. I was freaking out because I have online classes to do and that need to be done today and my hp notebook laptop was not charging. Thank you so much you're a god

Hi Saharsh,

                   Hoping u be in high spirits and busy dealing issues of the dell users My problem is that some time back my dell laptop gave message plugged in not charging then few days back I ran the BIOS update and the complaint was gone now since last night it is again showing same message. This time one additional issue is that even the power cable is plugged in but the icon dims out showing unplugged power cable and then again displays the plugged in sign in few secs. When I remove and reinsert the power cable it says charging for 3-5 secs then again plugged in no charging Plz help me with this I also ran the dell diagnostic for battery and it passed the test. i'll be obliged.

Thanks God bless 

I don't work for Dell at all, but I have had the same problem on a regular basis. What I do when it happens is disconnect the cable from the laptop, and while it's still on, remove the battery. So that is shuts down when the battery pops out. Then I wipe off the contacts, put the battery back in, plug the cable back in, then turn the laptop back on. It has worked for me every time. I hope it will help you as well. :)

I've just done the BIOS update and have the same problem. 14% (plugged in, not charging)

Service Tag is: 5TJ5ZP1, 

and the update was file: 3750A14

But the sales page Tech Specs and the User's Guide will list the default aspect ratio and the supported resolutions.192.168.l.l

Try disabling and enabling the battery driver.That worked for me

Device Manager --> Batteries --> Microsoft ACPI - Compliant Control Method Battery

Does the BIOS recognize the adapter, or does it show unknown?  F2 at powerup to check.

No, it didn't change anything.

I had this problem last year. I finally returned the battery, and purchased a different third party battery. All work well. I believe it is the battery. It does not communicate with the computer as it should.