I want to know what is the amount of stored charge when it reads 60%? Is it 60% of what it should be? Have you run the battery out and tried charging?

I think it is the battery. You want some crazy advice? Put in plastic bag, 40% charge put in freezer for 5 hours. Remove let get to room temp. Put back in notebook and charge.

How many cell battery do you have?

One thing that points to MoBo is that the notebook indicates still charging when we know it is not? If it only charged to 60% and said full that points to battery issue.

qhn's and my suggestion are desperate acts that we likely would try ourselves because they cost nothing. Stranger things have been corrected in unorthodox ways. There are ghosts in these machines.

The cycling I mentioned first is critical if you have not done. 5w should not make a difference as far as damage. It would just mean that if you ran on AC battery would charge slow or not charge I think. All electronic devices can handle variance. If 65w needed I do not see 5w +/- causing damage? VoltsxAmps=Watts so I guess if "v" and "a" are very disproportional to the correct? Sure I guess damage could happen. What is the voltage of the good and bad powerbrick?

If you have a 9 cell I have an idea that is not looking good for your battery.

The battery learning indicator indicated in percentage and in "maH" (or whatever) that the better was at 60 % but couldnt charge anymore. It kept trying to charge more, but it couldn't. Kinda like the littlest engine.

I am going to try this after I order a new battery! and I am also going to try qhn's suggestion of not using the battery at all, this weekend.

It was an 8-cell. The reason I have not bought a new one already is because the OEM website for GW C-143X (www.mundocorp.com) indicated a new battery that is 12-cell which I would rather cough up an extra 30 bucks for. They didn't offer this when I bought the laptop, but it's listed out of stock. I called and they said they don't give estimates of arrival. I'm going to wait 2 weeks, else assume this magical 12-cell battery ive never heard of since now probably isn't even in production. At that time I'd get the 8-cell. Id love to sit through all my classes without plugging in though! I'm getting excited just thinking about it... nerdy huh!

Nope , battery learning indiciates not full, tries to charge it, and fails. Windows Vista and Win7 will both get up to the 60% mark when it caps out, it will says "60% charged, not charging" when you hover with the mouse. Always the light is purple when plugged in, indicating that it is charging.

In short, it's not over.... I'm just delayed because I am dying to get a 12-cell battery now that I've seen it on the website! Will post troubleshooting results when I have them thanks guys!

huh?