Why is this happening?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (46065)
Staten Island, New York
April 29, 2025 2:21pm CST
I have a Lenovo Yoga laptop. For a while now I’ve been getting a message on my laptop that my battery is weak and needs to be replaced. When I use my laptop sometimes it becomes slightly hot. And sometimes when it’s plugged in the adapter gets slightly hot as well. The adapter is fairly new. Is all this happening because of the battery? I don’t want to buy a new battery because I’ve had this laptop for a while and perhaps it’s time for a new one.
There are other issues as well. Sometimes the screen can start flickering for no reason and the only way it stops is if I plug the laptop into the outlet. Sometimes my screen autorotates by itself and won’t stop, even though I have the rotate thing locked. Thankfully, haven’t experienced that in a while. And if I switch it to tablet mode it gets slow and doesn’t work well. I’ve stopped trying to use it as a tablet.
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6 responses
@RasmaSandra (84357)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11h
I don't know what to tell you. When I left Latvia I had bought a used Toshiba laptop and it worked just fine, Then my friend here zapped it up one time to make sure it keep going and now for 7 years it is up and working with no problems,
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@rsa101 (38458)
• Philippines
6h
I recently purchased yoga, and so far, it is working well for me. Could you tell me the age of your unit? If that message appears, it might be a sign that the battery needs to be changed. It would be wise to have it examined by their service center because the battery issue could be the cause of all those other problems.
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@lovebuglena (46065)
• Staten Island, New York
5h
I got probably 2015, if not earlier than that. I think the flickering and autorotate started when my laptop automatically updated from windows 7 to windows 10.
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@MarieCoyle (43162)
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1h
@lovebuglena
Lena, if you got ten years out of a laptop that’s pretty good. Sometimes a battery change can help, or just plug it in and use it that way.
@kareng (73044)
• United States
1h
If your laptop is getting hot, perhaps you need a cooling pad under it. This does drain the battery and could be why your are getting low battery messages.
No clue on the flickering unless the power supply is about to go out. Good luck. I would back up the files and photos I wanted to keep now and not wait.
@kaylachan (77269)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4h
How much did you pay for the machine? Often times replacing the battery, costs more then it would be to replace the machine. Looks like you might have cable and or grafics issues, too. given the screen problems. Again, completely normal, for an aged machine, but not cost effective to fix.
@Ineeddentures (605)
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11h
Right Lena is it Windows 7 or Windows 10?
It sounds to me like a factory reset might be a good idea.
There are too many issues all at once so what I suggest is a factory reset and then check if all these issues are still happening.
When you charge the battery, does it reach 100%?
Is the adapter the correct one and is the cable working ok. It may not be.
But the flickering screen and the auto rotate thing suggest it might be on its way out.
Maybe is time for a new one
@lovebuglena (46065)
• Staten Island, New York
9h
I have Windows 10. Battery charges all the way but when I use the laptop without plugging it in it depletes very quickly. The adapter is not the original one as the wire ripped in the one that came with the laptop. But it is still a Lenovo adapter that works with my laptop. It seems to work fine.
If I were to do a factory reset would I lose all the stuff saved on my laptop?
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@lovebuglena (46065)
• Staten Island, New York
9h
@Ineeddentures Yes, I had a message pop up on my laptop about that.
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@Ineeddentures (605)
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9h
@lovebuglena
Not if you back it all up first.
But support ends for Windows 10 soon anyway.
Invest in Windows 11 Lena.
