laptop battery not charging

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i'm having trouble getting my laptop battery to recharge. i unplugged it and used it for 30 minutes or so the other day, and after plugging it back in i noticed that when i hovered my mouse over the batter/plug icon on the taskbar it said "44% available, not charging".

is there something i have to do in windows vista's settings to get my battery to charge? i've tried shutting down, hibernating, and putting it in sleep mode... still won't charge.

help?

[TheTROLL]

There isn't remotely enough information here. Try again, including ALL relevant information.

[SamIAm]

It's likely a hardware problem. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Is there more jiggle in the connection than there used to be? Any frayed ends on the cable?

edit: I assumed the battery actually isn't charging. Is the battery not charging, or is the readout not reading?

[ajml]

This problem is usually due to something wrong on the side of the connection where the cord goes it. Its pretty common on laptops, sucks, and is expensive to fix.