My Nitro 5 Battery won't charge and stays at 3%

So, I just turned on my laptop this morning and I noticed the battery was at 3%, and not charging when the AC cord is plugged in. It says that it's charging (both the orange and blue light near the charging port are illuminated and Windows says it's charging) but the battery simply stays at 3% when plugged in. I tried deleting the battery drivers and then shutting it off and restarting it, but it nearly didn't restart (Didn't turn on the first couple tries). I have two chargers for the nitro 5, and I tried both the one that came with it and an extra that I have, and none worked.
If anyone has a solution, that would be great, because
I think my acer warranty ran out already...

Thanks in advance!

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William_mk2

TheSimulationGeek

I am really sorry for the inconvenience.. Let us do the basic steps first..

Doing the power drain and bios defaults will really help. Kindly follow the steps given below:

Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices or any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down. On the bottom of the laptop, you can find a pin hole. It is a tiny hole. You can a find a battery symbol indicator next to the hole. It is like a + and – sign symbol as though somebody is trying to shift the battery out. Insert the pin on to the hole for 30 seconds. Remove the pin. Flip the laptop. Connect the charger cable, turn on the computer. Only on laptops where the battery is inbuilt you can find the battery reset hole on the back of laptop.

If you don’t find a pin hole on the back of laptop then you might be using removable battery. There is no need to unscrew anything to remove the battery. Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices and any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down. On the bottom of the laptop, please look at the top or bottom depending on the way you look at it. You can find a long door. It is a battery removable door. Just below that you can find a latch. If you move the latch you can remove the battery door. Once the battery is removed, flip the laptop. Open the top cover, press and hold the power button for 1 minute. Connect the battery back on the back of computer. Connect the charger cable back and then turn on the computer.

If you don’t see a reset pin hole on the back of laptop or if you are not able to remove the battery (if it is inbuilt) then please unplug all the cables and devices out of laptop. Hold the power button for 1 minute. After releasing the button you should wait a while before plugging in power. Just because the button has been pressed doesn’t bleed off all the residual electricity on the motherboard. Wait 15-30 minutes before plugging in power. Then once power is connected wait for a full battery indication before turning the system on. That allows the battery to fully reset it’s internal statistics.

Connect all the cables back and restart the computer.

While turning on the computer, tap f2. It will go to bios. Press f9 once. It will show load bios defaults with a yes or no popup. Press enter. Popup screen will disappear. Press f10 once. It will show save changes popup with yes or no. Press enter. Computer will restart and it will load into windows.

It might also be the issue with battery, charger or power outlet. Try to use the charger in a different room on a different power outlet. Try to bypass the surge protector and connect it directly to power outlet. Try to use an alternative charger if possible. Try to turn on the computer without the charger and check it ( as long as the battery is not drained out )

Try windows x

go to device manager
expand Battery
right click on all the items below battery – uninstall
Restart the computer

It should work fine..

TheSimulationGeek

William_mk2 said:

TheSimulationGeek
It might also be the issue with battery, charger or power outlet. Try to use the charger in a different room on a different power outlet. Try to bypass the surge protector and connect it directly to power outlet. Try to use an alternative charger if possible. Try to turn on the computer without the charger and check it ( as long as the battery is not drained out )

Try windows x

go to device manager
expand Battery
right click on all the items below battery – uninstall
Restart the computer

It should work fine..

Thank you for the help, I will try the solution. I don't have a pinhole nor a removable battery, so I'll try the solution that doesn't use them.
As for the quoted paragraphs, I have two separate chargers (One from acer and one from amazon), and I tried them both in different places, and unfortunately that didn't work. I can't turn on the computer without the cables as the battery is at 3%. I'll try the solution and get back as soon as I can.

TheSimulationGeek

@William_mk2 My computer is off and charging & the power indicator says that it’s charging, but I’m not sure if it’s really charging because of the issue in the first place. I’m assuming the 1 min power button press will fix the issue so it can charge and then turn on.

TheSimulationGeek

William_mk2 said:

TheSimulationGeek

Then once power is connected wait for a full battery indication before turning the system on

Normally, it takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours to charge the laptop fully, but it’s been 3 hours and it still says charging. I don’t think it’s charging at this point.