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# HP battery not charging
- URL: https://new-blog.dougals.me/hp-battery-not-charging/
- Published: 2026-01-17T17:19:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-17T17:19:41.000Z
- Author: Dougie Richardson
- Tags: Linux, Fedora, #Migrated-1789219936886, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-12 13:32

I've an [HP Pavilion Laptop](https://support.hp.com/gb-en/product/details/hp-pavilion-14-laptop-pc-14-dv2000/model/2101006210?sku=6L7L7EA&ref=new-blog.dougals.me) (14-dv2500sa) - the touch screen doesn't work with Linux, due to a UEFI issue. After updating UEFI, I noticed Fedora reporting the battery as empty when it clearly wasn't (because it was still on).

There's a setting that reports the battery status, which defaulted to disabled, from what I gather it's a soft battery disconnect for storage. No clue why it's enabled by default but dear God the update process was painful.

I've not got a laptop running Windows, so ended up using Boxes to run Windows just to create the USB key. Even that was tempremental as I had to choose a specific EFI key to boot from.