The issue I’ve been coming across recently seems to be mostly with Dell’s XPS line of laptops, though it can certainly affect others: My new XPS 13 9370, XPS 15 9575, and XPS 15 9570 showed 8, 14.5, and 10% battery wear out-of-the-box, respectively (a battery wear of 10% means that the battery is only able to charge to about 90% of its rated capacity). My gaming laptop GT72 VR was blinking orange indicating a battery problem. Avoid discharging your battery lower than 20%. A laptop battery that fails to provide a significant charge can cause significant work interruptions, in addition to being a frequent frustration. You need paperclip to press it. Sent from my LG-H950 SAiLO, Jun 3, 2016 #2. Laptop still under warranty? Laptop running fine other than that. Step 5: Once charged, unplug the power and let the battery drain all the way down.. Now repeat steps 4 and 5 at least 4 times: charge all the way to full, then discharge completely. Hey I'm just after some advice. Reputations: 1,257 Messages: 7,427 Likes Received: Discharging your laptop's battery all the way can cause the battery's life to drop by 30% after between 300 and 500 discharges, while discharging to 50% requires well over 1000 discharges before the battery will lose a … 1 hour is just too short of time..any ideas on what's wrong and what I can do? I have tried every common solution found from searching online. That should be it! Got this laptop not long ago and I was hoping I could use it for at least 2-3 hours. AC charger seems to be working, electricity goes through it, but I can't turn on my laptop and the light, which indicates that computer is charging, is off. I have no idea what's wrong. The lights arent even on to show it's plugged in. Have you checked the power supply? Today, my battery drained and I can't seem to charge it at all. Here's how to monitor your laptop's battery life. Bought a new laptop battery for a MSI GS65 but its not detected. The laptop is a MSI GE70 A late response, but it's sort of a question only other MSI laptop users can answer. Step 4: Reinsert the laptop battery and charge it completely.. Unless your battery is leaking acid, you should get some kind of bump in the battery life. I know that gaming laptops aren't known for battery life but i'm only able to use it for an hour without being plugged in. Any help is really appreciated thanks. I'd remove the battery, but MSI GE72 have built in batteries. Currently on the RTX 2060 model and I am getting terrible battery life. Long story short I pushed the battery reset pinhole button and now it wont turn on? I also don't have a consumer friendly removable battery as it's installed inside the casing of my laptop, so no option for backup battery. There is a battery reset button inside a small hole at the base of your laptop. The recovery function can be enacted by restarting your computer on an MSI laptop, and holding the F3 key which will bring up the recovery menu to restore your system to how you got it from day one. Unplug/replug battery, make sure it is seated properly to the mobo, reinstall drivers in device manger, uninstall drivers in device manger and reboot to have windows install them, try a different AC cable, Discharge capacitors/power cycle, Call MSI. The Windows 10 Battery Report feature breaks down whether your battery is still kicking or on its last legs. Prostar Computer Company Representative. Rather than buying an entirely new battery, however, you can try to reset the laptop battery to provide a more consistent or accurate charge. I have this laptop for only a year.