Hey umbrellacorp I have a M17X R3 and I am having issues getting my battery to charge as well, doing allot of online research I tried everything including flashing my bios from the A10 I had to the A12 some had recommended to possibly fix the issue which it didn't. So my issue was flashing the bios with a dead battery this is what I did, I opened device manager and the bios flashing program. With the bios flashing program open and on the screen that says something about when the battery is at 10% click continue I went to device manager i uninstalled the battery and AC adapter and scanned for new hardware and after reinstallation the bios program let me through and successfully flashed. Didn't fix my issue though. I need a new board and i'm going to swap My R3 board for a R4 board any tips you can give me and was it worth the swap for you instead of me getting another R3 board?