Well, there must have been something in that update, because it is now running on the battery again! I wonder, though, if heat had something to do with this? In any case, thanks for the forum. I am sure I will be back, and maybe someone else can profit from what I did in this situration....

No, it is unresponsive afterward, unless power cord is plugged in. Battery is 5 cycled, bought Nov 2012, and when I tried to run the discharge program, it didn't seem to be discharging after three hours. I'm very worried that the power is not being handed off to battery when cord is pulled :( I hope...

I have a newish battery in this laptop, and it is deemed "good" by the power program, and 100% charged, but when I pull out the AC cord, it goes black immediately. Happens every time, so I can only use the laptop now with power cord in. It is ~6 years old, but except for the heating up issue that it...