Battery is temporarily disabled

[NNEagle]

I guess I messed up.

When I turn on my laptop. I get the following message.

Your battery is temporarily disabled. Please turn off your computer and try again when the unit is back to the operating temperature.

Strike the F1 key to continue , F2 to set up the utility.

I opt for the first option as I not sure about the second.

Kindly help.

[Geek-9pm]

That alert means your laptop battery has overheated. You have to wait untill the batery is at a safe temperature. n rare casis so9me baterys have vurst into flames.

What model is your laptop computer?
Did you have this problem before? When?
If this computer is under ayear old, contact the maker right away.

[NNEagle]

Dell

This started from yesterday.

It is about 4years old

[Geek-9pm]

Laptop batteries seldom last more than 4 years
It may be time to replace taht battery.

... This varies depending on your usage, of course, but the average laptop battery is good for around 400 recharges (a.k.a. cycles). After that, it starts to lose its capacity to hold a charge. That's why the battery that once gave you, say, 3-4 hours' worth of runtime now peters out after just 1-2 hours ...

- From a PC world article.

Make Your Laptop Battery Last Longer

Given that abut 400 cycles  could  happen within two years for a professional user, four years would expected for the average user.