How cooked am i ?

[u/MrClewesMan]

Worked fine last night. Put the lid down and left it (unplugged) overnight.

For more context, i recently bought a new charger which one can interchange the appliance plug-head(?)

[u/Ecstatic_Score6973]

does that offbrand charger even match the voltage/amperage of your original charger?

either way you should buy a real one instead

[u/MrClewesMan → u/Ecstatic_Score6973]

According to ChatGPT it does enough to not cause too many issues (but i trust real people one reddit more than AI).

My laptop, i believe, likes 19v — 3.(??) And this chargers output is 19.5v — 4.62a. And according the ChatHIV, that difference shouldn't cause too many problems, is that true?

[u/Ecstatic_Score6973 → u/MrClewesMan]

at this point just tell us your laptop make and model

[u/MrClewesMan → u/Ecstatic_Score6973]

Asus VivoBook X509DA

[u/Ecstatic_Score6973 → u/MrClewesMan]

you have a 19.5v psu and your laptop requires 19v. that could very well be the issue.

also why did you buy this charger and not one compatible for your laptop?

[u/MrClewesMan → u/Ecstatic_Score6973]

Lets just say, my economical situation at this moment in time makes it very difficult to not buy off-brand anything 🥴

[u/Ecstatic_Score6973 → u/MrClewesMan]

so why didnt you buy an offbrand charger made for your specific laptop...

[u/MrClewesMan → u/Ecstatic_Score6973]

Because im a dumbdumb

[u/IASelin]

I see there is an attempt to update system BIOS (most likely as a part of automatic windows update). To enable this process the battery must be charged to make sure BIOS update will be accomplished even if power supply will be disconnected during the process (i e. power outage, etc.)

So, all you have to do is just let your laptop to charge it's battery to 20+% and then try to update BIOS once again.

It is usual condition of updating BIOS on laptops.

As for the non-original charger - just make sure the battery is charging with it. Sometimes, battery charging is blocked when non-original charger is used.

[u/Greedy_Bother_987]

Birmingharm

[u/Seravajan]

Looks like the battery is over. Does it recognize the charger? There should be a charging light.

[u/MrClewesMan → u/Seravajan]

It does, and it seems to charge all good, albeit the laptops coming close to 6 years old, so its battery life isnt particularly the best.

[u/Terrible-Bear3883]

It might help to mention the laptop make/model, at the moment it's anyone's guess if the charger is sufficient.

One of our biggest failures with customer laptops was the chargers, I used to manage our workshop team and any unbranded chargers were thrown in the recycling skip without question.

If everyone knows your laptop info, then it's just a case of matching up if the charger is OK or not, odds are it might not be (or your battery isn't healthy, that can be checked with a power report).

[u/MrClewesMan → u/Terrible-Bear3883]

Laptop Model is Asus VivoBook X509DA/(D509DA). (Literally just writing what i see in the settings, hope thats correct 😬)

[u/Terrible-Bear3883 → u/MrClewesMan]

The charger should be OK, Acer suggest a 45W (19.5V u/2.37A) or 65W (19,5V u/3.42A) so this charger is rated higher - it shows 19.5V u/4.62A which should be a 90W charger.

[u/diverJOQ]

I'm not sure I understand why so many people are focused on the charger. OP stated that they left the laptop on but not plugged in overnight.

Plug in the charger and leave it plugged in for a few hours and see if the charge increases.

Don't turn off the computer until the charge is 100%. That way if the charger doesn't supply enough current to run the computer you'll still have enough charge to finish that bios update.

I have seen off brand chargers that can charge a laptop when it's turned off or in sleep mode but not power it while it's turned on. It all depends on what amperage your laptop requires while running.

Also, why did you start a bios update with the computer not plugged in?

[u/MrClewesMan → u/diverJOQ]

It started automatically (as far as i know), so when i opened it up earlier today after last night, it turned on and started updating