is it a graphics, batter or ac adaptor issue?

I felt the need to comment on this matter, as again this common issue occurred to me today; I edited from my previous comment as indicated:

.....and <with (Edit)> the AC power plug still not plugged into the laptop's port, <after about 1-3 minutes of the AC power plug not plugged in (Edit)>, start up the laptop on it's battery power; it may very well be even essential for Windows to fully load (it's extremely probable there is a correlation with these power issues and their drivers) <THEN (Edit)> plug the AC power plug into the laptop. Battery charging returned, my display screen brightened, which indicates that AC power was powering the laptop; **VERY ESSENTIAL** <IMMEDIATELY perform a Windows shut down when the battery charging icon displays it's charging BUT BEFORE the white Switch Graphic Card pop-up message displays: The AC adapter currently connected is not supported. System will continue on battery. Press any key to continue. You only have a brief amount of time to do this as the pop up happens maybe 30 seconds, if even that, within the time from plugged in/charging to not charging of the battery icon's status in the task bar. Doing this, it appears, allows the BIOS to maintain detecting the AC power in subsequent start ups; allowing battery charging to continue. <Start up the AW18/M18xR (Edit)> Everything should boot up as normal: No BIOS message about the AC adapter not recognized&the task bar battery icon displaying: plugged in, charging OR hours and minutes to full charge. (I initially thought maybe I left out the important step, indicated by the ** and is the reason for the edited previous comment and this additional comment.) Hope this definitely helps or provides anyone better understanding of this common problem. Cheers!

 

Moderator, please delete this comment; I thought there is a delete option but there is not. Thank you