>Hi,
>
>We had a power outage today. Maybe it is a coincidental, maybe not, but now when I turn on my notebook, and hover the mouse over the battery, it says "8% available. plugged in, not charging."
>I checked that the power cable is connected.
>I clicked on the battery icon and it shows that the battery health is Excellent.
>I turned the notebook on and off a couple of times.
>I took the battery out and put it in.
>None of the above resolves the issue. If I remember correctly, before this outage, the battery was about 70% charged.
>
>What else can I try?
>
I had similar issue last year with my Dell. I bought a new battery and problem persisted. Finally I took to the repair shop and they told me I had a bad charger. Got a new charger and problem went away. Goes to show, sometimes it is something simple.

>TIA