Hardware: Lenovo Thinkpad P14s Gen 5 (Ryzen CPU / AMD) purchased as a refurbished system.
Issue: battery is reporting as dead (0%), not charging with AC plugged in.
Question: What did I accidentally do?
I finished configuring this laptop. The battery issue appeared after I dumped the contents of my home directory (HP) onto the laptop (Lenovo). Could my HP home directory configuration files carried something over that disabled the internal battery? I did crosscheck UEFI BIOS (Lenovo) and the battery is not disabled.
Prior to this happening, the Thinkpad came with Windows. I did complete all Windows updates and the hardware did not show any issues.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance
It sounds like your battery issue isn’t a hardware failure since the BIOS shows the battery active. Chances are a power management setting got carried over from your HP configuration. Check if you have tools like TLP or custom ACPI scripts with settings for charge thresholds (e.g., START_CHARGE or STOP_CHARGE values) that might be preventing charging:
- Review Config Files: Look in your home and system config directories for any power management settings that could be misconfigured.
- Check System Logs: Use tools like
dmesg for battery/ACPI error messages.
- Test with a Clean Config: Boot from a Live USB or create a fresh user profile to see if the issue resolves.
Most likely, your HP settings aren’t compatible with the ThinkPad’s power management, so adjusting or resetting them should help. There are a lot of reasons why this issue is occurring. My tip would be that you “reset” your home-directory and just copy what you need (files, configs you need, …). Everything else I would not copy and try again.