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The screen flickers when the charger is not plugged in, but it happens only while using Windows, not in the bios. What could it be? I’ve had this laptop for 5 years and the screen started to flicker after 1 year of use (I should have tried to fix it before). I’ve also noticed that the battery is a little bit swollen. Battery report: DESIGN CAPACITY: 38.025 mWh FULL CHARGE CAPACITY: 31.275 mWh CYCLE COUNT: 153
Hi, Does it do this if you start the laptop in safe mode? It may be a sign that the battery is starting to fail and needs to be replaced. Create a Win 10 battery report to find out the condition of the battery. In BIOS the laptop uses a lot less power than when Windows is operating, even if you’re not doing anything in Windows. There’s a lot happening in the background. Open Task Manager to see what goes on when you’re not doing anything on the desktop. To view Task manager, right click on the Taskbar to find the link.
I would never like to use a swollen battery, you never know how fast it may get worse and you don’t want the battery to explode or damage other components when expanding.
I can’t say that it will solve your problem by changing it, but I would recommend you to do so anyway. But it may as well solve the problem because if a battery is swollen, something is bad with it.
