Laptop Battery Not Holding Charge? Check Battery Health

[@Britec09]

Drop your video requests below, Drop us a LIKE 👍

[@BobSuper1]

2 years later, this video is still great, thank you so much, for some reason, my USB headset was preventing something with power managment preventing my laptop from charging. Liked and subscribed :)

[@InsideAlan]

I work for an IT refurbisher, the most reliable battery manufacturer we have found is Greencell, they're a Polish firm and their QC processes are solid. We have never had a bad battery from them and none of the systems we have installed them in has ever thrown an error or warning re compatibility.

[@bineymaharjan]

Which software is that for checking battery health?

[@DAVIDJCARON]

I can't quite understand the name of the software you mention at 8.27.. Nerosoft? Nirosoff?..

[@Britec09]

www.nirsoft.net/utils/battery_information_view.html

[@US_Joe]

Another good one - great. Thanks Brian

[@Britec09]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MondoLeStraka]

I know this has been asked before but, is it better to always leave the charger in or, wait until the battery needs charging?

[@maxtornogood]

3:01 - Battery *Death* Report is what it sounded like there, heh...

[@STONE69_]

I have an i5 older Laptop with a removable battery, in the house, I mostly use plug in power and remove the battery. If you use a laptop on battery to watch YT etc on a regular basis, that battery is going to take a beating and won't last long. This why companies don't make easy to remove batteries, because they know most people will just go and by a whole new Laptop once the battery is done. quality batteries cost large, cheap batteries are no good.

[@sunnywayne1719]

ur videos is very useful.. Specialy these type of videos. Tips like that.. greate work. keep it up.. thank you!

[@Britec09]

Glad you like them!

[@electronron1]

I have a Sony Vaio that has the option to set the charge level to 50% or 80% full charge when running mostly plugged in. After 12 years, using it 99% of the time plugged in, the battery still works like new when I set it to fully charge and then use it as a portable.

[@Britec09]

Nice, glad it works for you.

[@anxiousearth680]

12 years, damn that's a lotta mileage.

[@thomastommy9864]

@@anxiousearth680 They don't make laptop batteries like they used to. These newer internal flat cells seem very prone to aging and heat damage. I've seen a lot of them puff up even after 3 to 4 years, and can push the touchpad out of the case, even on older MacBooks. I liked those older cylinder batteries. The health just seemed to last a lot longer, and were very very easy to change.

[@grantchallinor5263]

That's an impressive lifespan for a laptop and for its battery too! My previous laptop was used 8-10 hours nearly every day and had a hard life - including regular trips outside in minus 30-40 degree (Celsius) temperatures and a couple of "spills" when I slipped over on ice with it, yet it still gave me 7 years of reliable use. It really pays to look after a laptop, my current HP laptop is about 4 years old and looking and performing as new (including the battery) but I'd consider myself incredibly lucky if it lasts 12 years - like your Sony Vaio! 3-4 years ago I had to spend 2 weeks on a Mediterranean island to help teach/train a colleague working for my then company. She was working off a borrowed laptop because her previous one (a quality brand) only lasted 18 months........ She should have followed Brian's recent advice about how to clean a laptop - instead she'd taken a hoover/vacuum cleaner to her laptop (to clean it!!!!) which had sucked at least 2 of the keyboard's keys off it....! If you look after your stuff - generally it looks after you.....

[@biancaleva]

Hello and thank you for a nice video. My computer is Dell Precision 17" Bought a new battery, and when unplug the cord, lop top shoots off and on battery says is 100%. With the charger pluged in the screen goes from high light to lower deamed and in a couple seconds lights up again. Would you know what to do? Thanks

[@hellfire8535]

Can you make a video on how to clear all the data on your laptop drive and making them unrecoverable before reselling it? Without deleting windows

[@NIYONSENGAZachee-ge1tf]

Yes, I want to know it

[@dvdvno]

I have an Uninterruptible Power Supply 650 VA. With this, at least a person would be able to turn off the laptop, or desktop, properly. And it provides surge protection.

[@johnsenchak1428]

I just checked that the Microsoft media creation tool is still doing a upgrade from Windows 8.1. to Windows 10 You should do a video on this

[@Britec09]

I take a look

[@NonLegitNation2]

I'm having this exact problem. I will fully charge the battery, then turn off the laptop, then put it away for a week. When I turn it back on a week later the battery is dead. This was happening to the original battery which was about 2 yrs old, and it's now happening to the new replacement battery i got which is less then a year old. I have no idea why it's doing it.

[@mikesunboxing]

The shut down could be going into a deep sleep rather than a full shutdown. Check the fast boot and power management settings to check your shutdown

[@Britec09]

You need to check power configuration settings

[@Techkomsan]

Good Sharing 👍

[@Britec09]

Thanks for visiting

[@mikki7386]

I curious either my laptop battery is the problem or not but when I checked with your method it showed that my battery have less than 10% left. Right now it not charging at all and only running with adapter to running. Btw my laptop already 4 years old now. Should I change my battery or other component is broken that caused it not charging and stay at 0%? It did charging for 2-3 second after I plug in AC and then it stop charging again.

[@DalmationProductions]

10% health You need to replace it because that's the only way of restoring capacity and fixing the issue

[@webfox8512]

Hello sir, show me a software for Lenovo laptop that can calibrate it's battery? I can't find on Lenovo official website.

[@KelticLad]

NICE VIDEO AGAIN...! I have a laptop that's not holding charge when switched off, you think if I run this you think it could diagnose the problem?

[@NIYONSENGAZachee-ge1tf]

Good morning! What can you help me for my problem. My Laptop is not receiving power when I am charging?

[@SaidmanBangs-xh8fw]

So please teacher what can I do now for my laptop toshiba window ten

[@ImranKhan-ud3qw]

I bought dell inspiron 5559 in 2016. I am still using with original battery. It runs for about 1 hour and 30 mins. Should I replace the battery?

[@juanamuom2125]

no thats cool how frequent do you use the laptop?

[@marksyt152]

my battery is 35,300 mh before but now when its fully charge sometimes the full cahrge is 31,340 mh and not reached the design battery how to fix it and my battery is build in

[@DalmationProductions]

The battery is designed to lose capacity over time when it ages and the amount of charge cycles You can't fix that until you replace the battery

[@marksyt152]

@@DalmationProductions ok bro thank's for replying but sometimes my capacity goes above or below sometimes

[@DalmationProductions]

@@marksyt152 that is normal sometimes when you don't use more charge cycles

[@marksyt152]

@@DalmationProductions is it normal for all laptops to reduce the capacity of the battery all the time cause my laptop when it reached a 100 percent but it doesn't reach his design capacity

[@DalmationProductions]

@@marksyt152 the more charge cycles the more that the battery will expire

[@edgargraham1725]

Thank you very much for this video. I have a similar problem. I have a Lenovo 3000 N200 that works very well, except that brand new batteries are not charging at all. I can see that the battery, bought with about 60% charge doesn't charge, but loses about 2% per day. Is there an economical repair? I have run the diagnostic software, but the result is that the motherboard is fully functioning. Thank you, all the best.

[@MrDg2400]

I just replaced the battery and showing 0% and won’t work unless plug in. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mervinapura1459]

hello!..need help with my asus laptop..always says no battery detected..please help!..TIA

[@johngoard8272]

Good video Brian has answered a lot of questions that have been bothering me for some time because I hardly ever use my laptop on battery power hence I keep the power lead permanently plugged in. I am just wondering what you think as I have seen some articles that say this is bad practice for LiPo batteries but after two years I have had no problems. The machine is an Asus Vivobook X715F and it seems to have its own power controlling system in place. I shall certainly try your command prompt way of getting a report so that I can see how my battery is performing. Plus I think your advice on buying a named or original brand battery is good as that is what I have always done.

[@Britec09]

Glad I could help

[@Mike76770]

I have a HP laptop and I see the battery Healt on the program HP Support Assistant, but thanks for this information🙂👍🏼

[@saynotohookups]

That's good to know. This is my third HP laptop that I just bought. The battery power doesn't last as long as they claim it's supposed to have 7.5 hrs of battery charge but I need to charge it much sooner than that. I have a laptop fan plugged into the laptop but it seems to me that this should not affect it.

[@welshtony1]

Useful :)

[@Britec09]

Glad you think so!

[@StevenKroeger]

This is the problem im having now I ordered a battery from Amazon its defective ...so now im returning it I also bought a new charger you are right..Microsoft should come up with something that gives details bout the battery the thing with batteries is even if its packaged well..they still lose power..that battery could have been on a shelf for 4 years...since my laptop is 6 years old

[@SaidmanBangs-xh8fw]

Thank you for helping me teacher but I need more knowledge

[@rizankc007]

WHAT IF THE FULL CHARGE CAPACITY IS MORE THAN DESIGNED CAPACITY?

[@SaidmanBangs-xh8fw]

I try the method it work but. Soon it started charging for about five minutes it stop charging , so now it behave when I want to use it ,,it charging but stop

[@SaidmanBangs-xh8fw]

It stop charging for about five minutes still , zero percent my laptop toshiba battery show plugged in and charging but stop for few minutes I can see it charging but stop charging for a few minutes my teacher now , what is the oder step to take thank you for helping me

[@ShadowzGSD]

if you use a laptop do not use it all the time when plugged in to the power, you need to use the battery to keep it healthy, if it is only ever used when plugged in it is best to just remove the battery or accept that it won't last long when you need it.

[@grantchallinor5263]

I have a 4 year-old HP 15-ba series laptop. Essentially, I use the laptop from the mains power with the battery removed - and have done this since the laptop was purchased brand new. I only insert and use the battery when I'm travelling or needing to work from another location. Consequently, as long as you use a sensible power setting and screen brightness for the device (and don't watch KZbin videos all day), the battery will still power the laptop for a full 8-hour working day - much like when I bought the laptop 4 years ago.

[@Britec09]

The idea of the battery on a laptop is to use it and deplete it before you charge it.

[@STONE69_]

@@grantchallinor5263 I do exactly what you said for years, my battery is as good as it was when I bought the Laptop 8 years ago lol. It works if your battery is easy to remove and put back on.

[@grantchallinor5263]

@@STONE69_ Exactly, and when I do use the battery I run the laptop (without mains electricity) until the battery's charge is nearly down to zero %, then recharge it back to 100% again before removing the battery from my device. Like we've found, you then end up with an almost "as new" battery years after you bought your laptop......

[@STONE69_]

@@grantchallinor5263 yes Sir I believe, you and I are doing it right and so far it has been successful. Their is a lot of bad advice on YT on this topic.

[@SaidmanBangs-xh8fw]

Your knowledge is powerful teacher it means you are a good friend to me but please help me ,it now charging but stop for few minutes my laptop toshiba window ten

[@johnsenchak1428]

Check out the program battery optimizer

[@Britec09]

Looks pretty nice, I will check it out 👍

[@hamidob6569]

My battery can no longer charge since one the Windows 10 updates was installed. Apparently, it is a known problem but no fix for it.

[@Britec09]

I am sure that would not affect it.

[@dougbrowning82]

Same with mine. Since May of last year. Battery/charging is all over the place. Charge light blinking between red, green, and off. screen going bright and dim. Constant switching from plugged in to unplugged, even though it's still plugged in. Battery going from 100% charge to critically depleted in minutes. System going into battery saving lock at random with no warning, even when plugged in. All troubleshooters say no issues. My Acer Aspire 3 has a non removable battery. Some days are worse than others.

[@thomastommy9864]

@@dougbrowning82 Then you really need to use the methods in this video to check the capacity of your battery. Sometimes a battery can fail even though the charging capacity may be good. But you at least need to know what you're dealing with. Buy another battery, open up your laptop, and replace it. Fairly simple most of the time.

[@anekechibuike8267]

​@@dougbrowning82 I have similar issue with my Acer, please did you get a solution??

[@dougbrowning82]

@@anekechibuike8267 Not yet. But I don't use it as much now that I have another computer. Last time I had it on, it was running pretty stable.

[@rachelsworld5922]

0:18 Is your date normal?

[@SaidmanBangs-xh8fw]

It now charging but stop for few minutes

[@NIYONSENGAZachee-ge1tf]

It is very interested

[@DejoR79]

Mine is dead more than 3 years.

[@zootallures6470]

Hi. How to remove Anne Frank [and everything else] from the Search menu?

[@DalmationProductions]

Mine is 84% health 243 charge cycles

[@Britec09]

84% is OK

[@DalmationProductions]

@@Britec09 batteries don't last forever in laptops as they will eventually need to be replaced

[@themadatheist1976]

nice

[@Britec09]

Thanks

[@michelwong1]

👍👍👍👍

[@Nick41622]

Acer laptops have the worst battery's.

[@thomastommy9864]

That's because Acers are the worst laptops. ;)

[@Nick41622]

​@@thomastommy9864 My Acer laptop still works great after 5 years, but the Acer brand battery dies very quickly.

[@raymondmendezjr697]

Powershell can find the answers to the battery

[@SaidmanBangs-xh8fw]

It stop charging for about five minutes still , zero percent my laptop toshiba battery show plugged in and charging but stop for few minutes I can see it charging but stop charging for a few minutes my teacher now , what is the oder step to take thank you for helping me

[@SaidmanBangs-xh8fw]

It stop charging for about five minutes still , zero percent my laptop toshiba battery show plugged in and charging but stop for few minutes I can see it charging but stop charging for a few minutes my teacher now , what is the oder step to take thank you for helping me