Hi,

this looks a little strange:

My laptop battery today has stopped charging. If you connect the PSU, it
will charge for about 20 seconds, then stop, but the machine then runs on
the battery, not the PSU.
Every time you remove the PSU cable and re-insert it, it will again charge
for about 20 seconds before stopping and again running on the battery.

It is not the PSU socket, as the same thing happens if you remove the PSU's
mains supply instead.
I have tried another PSU, exactly the same.

I have removed the battery, and the laptop is happily running on the PSU.


Why would the laptop run on the (faulty?) battery rather than just switch to
the PSU?
It was saying it was charged to 60%.

Any tests I can do to see if it is is the battery, or something in the
laptop?



Cheers,



Gareth.