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I have a Lenovo Z50-70 running Windows 8.1. The laptop is relatively new, bought in Jan. 2015. (The warranty expired in March 2016.)
Some time ago, the original battery suddenly started to have a problem where it would say 53% available, plugged in, not charging. No matter what fixes I tried (after looking through a ton of articles, posts, comments, etc., and spending a ton of time looking for a solution), nothing made the battery start charging again. It always stayed at 53%.
Then recently it went down to 45% and always only stays at 45% no matter what. Also the battery light/indicator on the front of the laptop is always blinking white.
So I got a replacement battery, put it in hoping that it would work and charge up to 100%, but the replacement is having exactly the same problem as the original battery. It will only charge up to 45%, then it says plugged in not charging, no matter what I do or try. The battery light is again always blinking white.
What can I do? How can this be fixed, or can it be fixed at all? What's going on?
Ideally I would like to be able to have both the original battery and the replacement be able to be charged up to the full 100%, but I'd settle for just being able to charge the replacement up to 100%.
Appreciate any help. Thank you very much.
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– DrZoo – 2016-06-19T02:17:41.247Unfortunately that doesn't apply to my laptop, the article says: This feature is being removed via Lenovo Settings Dependency Package 1.3 or later for Windows 8.1, and I have windows 8.1. Also, mine is an IdeaPad, not a ThinkPad. – AnonPerson – 2016-06-19T20:28:24.530
What about Lenovo Energy Management? Is that installed in your laptop? – DrZoo – 2016-06-19T21:22:10.623
Yes it is. I've tried modifying the settings in there but that doesn't fix it. Also, the "battery conservation mode" is always off in the Energy Management Program but the battery still won't charge to any more than 45% no matter what, when it should be always going up to 100%. – AnonPerson – 2016-06-19T21:43:06.290
I see. I've seen when changing battery setting inside of Lenovo Energy Management from "Optimize battery health" to "Maximum battery life" fixes a similar issue. Have you tried uninstalling Energy Management, and then possibly trying a recalibration of the battery? – DrZoo – 2016-06-19T21:52:50.013
Yes, I had tried before to uninstall Energy Manager and then reinstall it but that didn't do anything and the problem was still there. Changing the settings doesn't fix it either and the problem still remains even though it's on "high performance mode" and is supposed to charge to maximum battery power. – AnonPerson – 2016-06-19T22:53:05.030
I have never done any battery recalibration, I heard that takes a very long time and the computer has to be left untouched during that time, which isn't really an option for me. – AnonPerson – 2016-06-19T22:54:43.233