guys i have an HP laptop and its motherboard has changed few days back but there is a problem which was there before and even now its there. quite frequently in vista and on windows 7 it says battery not charging or even it may be saying battery charging but batttery charge level dont go up , so i tried a few forums on google and found its not a problem of hp even in Dell , lenovo, Acer and other brands have this problem of battery saying charging but level not going up or saying not charging but still i have not found a permanent solution to this trouble , most of the time wen laptop is shut down and left on charging then battery starts charging , pls anybody having a good solution share here