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January 23rd, 2024 15:53

m15 R6, charging battery issue

Battery charges to 100%, stops and battery percentage immediately shows 97%, then starts charging again. this repeats every 10 seconds or so whenever it reaches 100. charger is brand new and official dell

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January 23rd, 2024 22:02

Unless there's another evident fault, it could just be a battery that's on its way to needing replacement -- it's somewhere near three years old.

You can assess the charge capacity of the battery by opening a command prompt with admin privilege and typing 

powercfg /batteryreport

What is the current charge capacity of the battery?

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January 25th, 2024 14:23

@ejn63

heres what it shows

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January 25th, 2024 14:27

@ejn63​ on and off the last few days it will fully charge, today it is back to only charging to 95%, no higher

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January 25th, 2024 14:29

The battery has lost about 25% of it's original charge capacity, so it may be wise to start budgeting for a replacement battery.

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January 27th, 2024 04:24

@ejn63​ its now doing the same thing but at 82%. I've got a new battery from dell on the way. just confused how things went so wrong so fast

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January 27th, 2024 17:27

@ejn63​ I installed a new battery and its doing the same thing. it reads 61% currently and flips between charing and not charging

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