How to Fix ‘No Battery Is Detected’ on Your Laptop

Recently noticed your laptop battery icon not showing and tell you battery not detected message. It's a common issue that many laptop users face while using a laptop, it's easy to fix with few steps generally.

Before taking your laptop to the technician sty below given method to see if your battery not detected issue gets resolved,

Here how,

1. Check battery health 

If you want to get deep details about your battery health and life try these power configuration methods to get a report about that,

1. Open cmd by searching the command prompt in the Windows search bar and click on run as administrator.

2. Enter powercfg /batteryreport and press enter.

3. Now you will see html file located in which the detailed battery report is there shown in the cmd screen. ( Battery report is an HTML file that is stored in your Windows PC )

4. Open File Explorer navigate to the folder where the Battery report is located and open it in the browser.

Here you will see information related to the battery like installed battery, battery life, and recent usage.

2. Reinstall driver

Sometimes faulty battery drivers can cause the battery now show issues in Windows laptops,

Here is how you can reinstall the battery driver to get rid of these issues if it caused by the battery driver.

1. Open the device manager by searching it on the Windows search bar 

2. Click on battery and expand it

3. Right-click on the battery driver to uninstall it 

4. Goto Windows settings>update and security> check for an update to reinstall the battery driver.

Alternatively, you can use the manufacturer's official website to reinstall a compatible driver for your Windows PC battery.

3. Clean battery socket

Sometimes dust in the battery socket is responsible for frequent connection issues in Windows laptops,

It is recommended to clean your laptop battery socket to ensure that there are no dust particles in the socket that block the connection between the motherboard the and battery power supply.

You can easily clean the battery socket by opening the battery module of your laptop if there are options.

Or go to a technician to clear laptop safety as soon as possible.

4. Run troubleshoot 

It is recommended to run a troubleshooting inbuilt tool to figure out any issue related to the battery and operating system.

To run troubleshoot,

1. Open settings by the Start menu 

2. Click on system 

3. Select troubleshoot 

4. Click on power and battery 

5. Click on the run troubleshoot button to start

6. Wait until Windows detects any issue and fix automatically

7. If Windows is not able to fix the issue automatically then it gives you steps to follow to manually fix the issue if possible on the user side.

5. sfc scan 

You can run a system scan to find and fix any corrupted system files that might cause issues.

To start sfc scan on a windows pc,

1. Open cmd by searching cmd in the search bar 

2. Click on run as administrator 

3. Paste this command ( sfc/scannow)

4. Wait until Windows downloads and replace all system-corrupted files with the official one

Make sure you have a fast and stable internet connection to successfully run the sfc scan in pc.

6. Update windows 

The last and general tip is simply to update the Windows operating system, an outdated Windows operating system can cause several issues including Bettery now detected. 

It is recommended to always make sure your Windows operating system is up to date with the latest version.

1. Open settings and  click on update and security 

2. Click on check for update button 

3. Download all recommended updates and restart the PC.

By following all the steps above you can potentially able to fix your battery and not detect an issue in your Windows PC. But in any case issue is not resolved then try to replace the battery because it can be deducted battery or take your laptop to the authorized technician.