Satellite Pro C650 - Charging Problems

I am having some problems with the charging of my Satellite C650 laptop.
When the charger is connected to my laptop, the battery shows "Plugged In and not charging".
However, when I remove the power cord after it has been connected for several hours the laptop stays on for at least 2 hours!
When I turn it all off then try & turn on my laptop the following day nothing happens.
I assumed that the battery has finally packed in (it is almost a year old).
I purchased a new battery & put it in my laptop & left it to charge several hours until green light came on. I removed the power cord & the laptop powered off straight away!
I have heard that updating the bios might be a solution. However, I tried updating from version 1.60 to 1.90 but kept getting the error message "Error region MAP not found".
Please help me sort this.
Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Thank you .

> I have heard that updating the bios might be a solution. However, I tried updating from version 1.60 to 1.90 but kept getting the error message "Error region MAP not found".
Yes, in some cases the BIOS update would solve the battery issues
Im wondering why you are not able to update the BIOS. I never seen such kind of error in the past
From my knowledge the BIOS update requires the installed VAP (value added package). Please try to install the VAP once again.
Furthermore be sure that no 3rd party software like firewall, antivirus software, etc run in the background while trying to update the BIOS.

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At first, i'm sorry for my bad english. Last time i learned it about 20 years ago in school.
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> When connecting an external USB keyboard, all keys function properly.
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