[SOLVED] Battery not charging when plugged in

Gravydigger · 2023-03-31 03:23:14

Hi all,

When I plug in my charger, I notice that my battery does not charge.

$ acpi
Battery 0: Not charging, 56%
Battery 1: Unknown, 0%, rate information unavailable

Running dmesg | grep acpi, I get the following:

$ dmesg | grep acpi
[    0.039941] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039942] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039943] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039944] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039944] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x04] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039945] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x05] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039945] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x06] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039946] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x07] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039946] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x08] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039947] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x09] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039948] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0a] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039948] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0b] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039949] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0c] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039949] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0d] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039950] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0e] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.039950] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0f] high edge lint[0x1])
[    0.276327] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5
[    0.304772] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS supports [ExtendedConfig ASPM ClockPM Segments MSI EDR HPX-Type3]
[    0.304832] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: platform does not support [SHPCHotplug LTR DPC]
[    0.304935] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS now controls [PCIeHotplug PME AER PCIeCapability]
[    0.304943] acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
[    0.326703] clocksource: acpi_pm: mask: 0xffffff max_cycles: 0xffffff, max_idle_ns: 2085701024 ns
[   11.603578] acpi_call: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[   11.603602] acpi_call: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[   12.240157] acpi_cpufreq: overriding BIOS provided _PSD data

I also noticed this error when running dmesg by itself:

[    0.291406] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.GPP4.WLAN._PRR], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326)
[    0.291411] ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220)

I have been getting secure boot to work on my laptop (Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14alc05) and have gotten it to work!. I cannot recall if the charging issue occured before implementing secure boot.
The laptop is also rather new (~6 months), with KDE showing the battery health to be 99%.

I did forget to add the acpi module when configuring GRUB, but adding it has had no change.

So, how could I my battery to charge again, but also untaint the kernal.

Help is appreciated

Last edited by Gravydigger (2023-03-31 08:11:04)

seth · 2023-03-31 06:46:24

Does the battery charge while the system is powered off?
Is there a parallel windows installation?

Gravydigger · 2023-03-31 06:56:34

seth wrote:

Does the battery charge while the system is powered off?

No. I've had it plugged in for days with it powered off, and it hasn't charged.

seth wrote:

Is there a parallel windows installation?

No, Arch Linux is the only OS.

Thanks for the quick response!

seth · 2023-03-31 07:02:57

No. I've had it plugged in for days with it powered off, and it hasn't charged.

Hardware.
USB-C or one of the round plugs? (w/ a tiny needle inside?)

Gravydigger · 2023-03-31 07:09:33

The round plugs (I belive they are called barrel plugs).

seth · 2023-03-31 07:12:41

Inspect both sides for bent or broken pins.
If you've spare devices, you could check whether it's the charger or the notebook.

Gravydigger · 2023-03-31 07:16:15

I've tried using 2 different power adapters, and there are no bent or broken pins on either end. The laptop is recieving power (battery does not discharge when plugged in), its just that the battery is not charging when plugged in.

seth · 2023-03-31 07:36:49

Do you get the same charge readings from some live distro / in the firmware?
Does the BIOS/UEFI offer some battery live saving settings (they'll typically stop charging at 60%)?

You could try to reset/udpate the firmware and, as final hail-mary, to drain the battery and see whether it's charging from the empty state.

Gravydigger · 2023-03-31 08:10:40

After 20 minutes of trying to charge my baptop with a Ubuntu live distro, it has not gained charge.

The UEFI does not provide have any live battery setting.

From this, I belive that this is not a Arch Linux issue, but a hardware one. I'll be seeing if my laptop is still covered under warrenty (should be). Marking this as solved.

Regardless, Thank you seth for your help

espritlibre · 2023-03-31 20:41:18

i had it once that my thinkpad refused to charge. what fixed it for me was going into the uefi diagnostics menu and run a quick battery check (resets charge start/stop thresholds), after that i went into the uefi settings and while in there i ran out of battery.
after that it started to charge fine again

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[SOLVED] Battery not charging when plugged in

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