Laptop battery discharging while plugged in
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I always run my laptop plugged into power source. Battery life keeps slowly draining anyway. Whe I diconnect & reconnect power source, laptop starts to charge battery for approx 10 sec and then stops charging. Is it my laptop or battery that has a problem? 
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Battery discharging while plugged in Hello. I have about 4 months old laptop (Acer Aspire 5 41g-125m) and I was playing a game and after turning off the game I noticed my battery dropped to 95%. It already happened several times but I was ignoring it until now. Temperatures stays at 70° - 80°. I'm using charger that came up with it. Is it normal or did I already killed my battery? Or is the charger not powerful enough? It's plugged in 24/7 and I'm using cooling pad if that helps. I can give more info if you need.
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