My laptop used to inform me at 14% (and then again at 11% when necessary) that it needed charged. However, recently it's been completely cutting out without warning at around 23 - 25%, and won't work again until it's plugged in and charging. When it cuts out, it doesn't tell me and usually when I turn my laptop off it hums for, like, I don't know, thirty seconds or something before turning off, like all computers do. However, it just goes black and makes a kind of "ping" noise.
I was tolerant of it for a day or two until I had to do a minor (arguably, it's kind of important as I have began my Higher course) homework piece for art class, and I had JUST finished my final draft when my laptop just cut out (I'm a terrible procrastinator and it was almost midnight the day before it was due and I was really tired. Perhaps it was a form of karma because I had left it too late and was getting what I deserved, but this was AWFUL as I had to redo it and it took ages trying to remember and find all the stupid images I had, and it was just, like, the straw that broke the camel's back).
My charger seems fine and I use an extension socket which must be fine as my lamp and digital clock are also plugged into this and they're okay.
It's getting to the point where I'm afraid to take the charger out in case it stops working.
My previous laptop (not HP) needed a replacement battery because having the charger plugged in too much drained it, but I don't think that's the case this time as I have been careful not to keep it plugged in when unnecessary.
I really hope this can be fixed without me having to spend money on it (I literally have no money to spare at the moment, and I don't want to bug my parents because they struggle with technology and trying to explain it would probably confuse them further.)
Thank you for your time and I await your (hopefully *i.e, PLEASE* speedy) reply :-)
ALSO, I've only had this laptop for, like, a year (well, just over one). Since Christmas 2012. So it's not THAT old. It's a Pavilion g6 notebook PC, if that helps.