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Laptop stops charging and its LED turns off

My laptop is seemingly facing an issue where at a certain point in its charging process (around 88-90% \*so far\*), the red charging light turns off. I initially thought it was just a problem with the LED. My workaround was to unplug the charger and plug it back in and boom, the red charging light comes back on, and I carry on.

But after a few days, the same thing I described happened again, and I noticed that once the red charging light goes off, my laptop stops charging. For example, the red charging light goes off at 92%. I could leave it there for 30 minutes, and it'll STILL be at 92%. Unplugging the charger and plugging it back in doesn't seem to work anymore too. Every few minutes (up to10 minutes), the red light goes off again. So for the process of charging my laptop from low percentage to near 90%, all seems still fine. But after that, it's a repetitive process of painstakingly unplugging my charger and plugging it back in until it reaches 100% (the red charging light still turns yellow to indicate a full charge), then I remove the charger.

Initially, this problem occurred to me only when I was gaming. But now, it's also happening outside of my gaming sessions, and I can't think of what's wrong. Is there anyone who could assist or has had this problem before?

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