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Hi, I have a Lenovo G560 and it is a bit dodgy. Before discovering that my laptop had a loose charging port, I noticed that sometimes it would charge and sometimes it wouldn’t. When it was low there was a red flashing light on the row of 4 lights (from left to right; a power light, a battery light, an internet access light and another light I could not understand). The first time, the battery would leak very fast, then enter a sleep mode (I think). After a while, if it was charging, it would turn back on, but if it wasn’t I had to force shut down it (by pressing and holding down the power button). When it turned back on, the laptop showed ‘0%, plugged in, charging’ but it wouldn’t charge. For the first time, I shut down then turned on the laptop and then it went back to normal. But on the second time, it started charging after 5-10 minutes, all the way to 100% battery. Please help me! I only have one laptop and my whole family uses it. I need it for my school education. Please respond ASAP… ;’(
Thank you to everyone, however I have found out the real solution. After replacing the power jack, my Lenovo was still not charging. After researching a little, I found out that my charger could be in need of replacement. So I bought a multi-meter/volt-meter and tested its voltage - it was meant to have an output of 20V but it outputted 0.2V. Then I bought a new charger and it worked! Thanks all once again!
@sseth , S Seth , Use the 1st and 2nd links below to see how to repair/replace the power Jack in your laptop. 3rd link is a replacement power jack which you can also do a search for to possibly get better pricing. Good luck. I hope this helped you out, if so let me know by pressing the helpful button. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOQiACnI… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNf-l_5k… https://www.amazon.com/Eathtek-LENOVO-ID…
sounds like a classic case of you need to replace the charging port.
