"plugged in not charging.." - driver deletion issue!!

[Massivez]

im happy enough that its charging though now haha, thank you for all your help and effort you put into my problem!

 

[Massivez]

oh ok ill try this

 

[Massivez]

i cannot system restore, all of my restore points are from today, the old ones are somehow gone

 

[Massivez]

its okay though it seems to be charging, win key + x just always says plugged in not charging even when not plugged in

 

[A Guy]

See if this is the driver you seek:

Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery Driver Download - PC Pitstop Driver Library

A Guy

 

[Massivez]

it is but there are no DL links for win 7 64

 

[karlsnooks]

I do not know whether this link will bear fruit:

Intel® Driver Update Utility

 

[Massivez]

didnt do much haha

 

[Massivez]

i have to go sleep now, night gents!

 

[A Guy]

From what I can see , there is no Vista or Windows 7 driver to download at all. Every download I find is for older OS (Windows 98/2000/XP/NT 4). You may have to try to install in compatibility mode.

Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Downloads

Sorry, I didn't realize there were no download links on the 1st link I gave you. A Guy

 

[karlsnooks]

I've tried to avoid you having to do a repair install, but that looks like the next step.

Repair install is almost as bad as complete new install.

That repair install is going to reset/restore much to the same state as before one made all of their own little changes here and there.

In the tutorials here, there is advice on how to perform a repair install.

About the last things left to try before punting to a repair install is to check and make sure there isn't a bios update for your laptop and then after that making sure that you have installed ALL critical, ALL important, and ALL optional updates (except for those thirty some-odd language "updates").

 

[Massivez]

np, and yea this just redirects me to Microsoft Windows Update an img on how to do windows updates lol

 

[Massivez]

okay, yea my computer seems to be charging so i will probably leave it alone. as far as repair install goes, ill use that if the problem occurs again, tysm both of you, you were both extraordinary!

 

[karlsnooks]

Wish I could have been of more assistance. I'll keep looking.

 

[Massivez]

aww ok thanks night guys

 

[A Guy]

Sorry, I'm batting 1.000 tonight . You might try d/l the free Drivermax, and see if the driver is in the list of available downloads.

DriverMax - free driver updates

A Guy

 

[ICBM88]

Might be a little too late, forgive me, but I have the same exact problem here. Can someone help me with this? :huh:

 

[helperr]

you can also check if there is an unknown drivers under other drivers. uninstall it and reboot computer. the battery logo should be back again

 

[tekxan]

Laptop not charging issue

any more help would be great..

My Toshiba notebook started having battery issues the other day and like most I have read up on the various solutions posted all over the net but to no avail. Embarrassing for me as I fix PC's for a living and i can't seem to get this one sorted yet.
Battery charges normally when Windows is not on. When Windows is on Windows doesn't recognize that the AC adapter is plugged in, therefore not charging. Bit irritating to say the least. Hardware checks done and alternative Adapter and battery tested = same result.
The issue regarding locating drivers for the ACPI battery method driver is a bit weird as you should have a folder in your system32 directory called drivers and driverstore.
When you uninstalled the ACPI and try to reinstall the driver files are automatically loaded from the drivers folder. Not much cop if the drivers are corrupted in some manner. In the driverstore folder there is another folder called FileRepository inside this look for a folder called "battery.inf_amd64_neutral_cb8fa151a7b7cb80".
A fresh back up of the relevant ACPI drivers are in here. However you can't just copy them over the originals without altering permissions which should be easier than it is. The driver files concerned are basically - battc.sys and cmbatt.sys and according to my version of Windows 7 (64it) file version is - 6.1.7600.16385
I managed to solve the problem (or so I thought) albeit temporarily by running System file checker from a command prompt. Type cmd in run box and ensure you have administrator privileges. Once DOS window has opened, type in sfc /scannow and press enter. It takes a while to scan your PC but it fixed it for me at first but because I am a tinkerer, the problem returned.
So my thoughts turn towards either a virus hmmm probably not or more likely some erroneous windows update that the PC probably didn't need in the first place.
Still digging at this and will post if I find solution

 

[logicearth]

Tekxan, Windows does not control when or if your battery charges, the hardware does. The only thing Windows does with the battery is read its various status options. If the battery is not charging or Windows say it is not, then either the hardware has failed or the hardware is not telling Windows. But in all cases Windows never controls the battery it only has read access.