Tuesday, August 19, 2014

My laptop both does and doesn't recognize the battery? Is this a bad sign?

I have a Lenovo X230T with Windows 7 Pro. Recently, the laptop quit recognizing the battery. The battery is working fine, but the battery icon is blank and when I point my mouse over it, I see "battery not installed." It says this whether the laptop is plugged in or unplugged. I've tried messing with the battery settings to no avail. Is this a bad sign that more things will start going wrong soon? I was hoping to wait for Windows 9 before buying another laptop.

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