Why Won T My Laptop Battery Hold A Charge. They run flat faster in the cold not because they cant hold their charge but because the chemical reaction inside the battery is less efficient at lower temperatures reducing the time they can operate a device. As a result your laptop will fail to receive power and wont charge the battery.

Theres gotta be some software process that refuses to provide charge to the battery due to the results of a diagnostic test that is below what it wants to see. All batteries smart phone laptop power sports two way radio and power tool batteries included have the same issue. Press and hold the power button for 15 to 30 seconds.
My laptop wont hold a charge it only works plugged in.
My HP laptop wont hold a charge. If the battery is not fully charged repeat steps 4 through 7. Im unconvinced that a battery can go from able to hold 2 hours of charge to unable to hold a single second of charge after only 3 months of being left in a powered off laptop. The battery for my hp envy ts 15 notebook wont hold a charge.
