Toshiba Laptop battery problem
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From: a.t.brooks on 20 Jan 2008 19:52 Hello, I seem to have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and it's battery. I've searched for forums and no one seems to have exactly the same problem I do. Basically, my battery seems to run out after about 3 minutes. Even for Toshiba this seems like a short battery life! It takes about 1-2 hours to charge and the amber light comes on as it's doing so and the % increases slowly. I then unplug it and the % slowly decreased to around 97% before I get the laptop switching itself off (no warning or shut down). When I turn it on, Windows boots up again and the battery power is back to 0%. I thought it was the battery that was the problem, but I've since bought a new one and the same thing happens. Any one seen this? If so, did you manage to fix the problem? Thanks in advance Tony
From: Cyclops on 21 Jan 2008 00:32 a.t.brooks(a)talk21.com wrote: > Hello, > I seem to have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and it's > battery. I've searched for forums and no one seems to have exactly the > same problem I do. > > Basically, my battery seems to run out after about 3 minutes. Even for > Toshiba this seems like a short battery life! > It takes about 1-2 hours to charge and the amber light comes on as > it's doing so and the % increases slowly. I then unplug it and the % > slowly decreased to around 97% before I get the laptop switching > itself off (no warning or shut down). When I turn it on, Windows boots > up again and the battery power is back to 0%. > I thought it was the battery that was the problem, but I've since > bought a new one and the same thing happens. > > Any one seen this? If so, did you manage to fix the problem? > Thanks in advance > Tony Sounds like a motherboard issue, if the system cannot properly detect the battery charge the system may just be stopping thinking the battery is dead. If it is a new battery, then you know it is internal. I think you may be looking at a system killer.
From: Chris Hill on 21 Jan 2008 14:01 On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:52:53 -0800 (PST), a.t.brooks(a)talk21.com wrote: >Hello, >I seem to have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and it's >battery. I've searched for forums and no one seems to have exactly the >same problem I do. > >Basically, my battery seems to run out after about 3 minutes. Even for >Toshiba this seems like a short battery life! >It takes about 1-2 hours to charge and the amber light comes on as >it's doing so and the % increases slowly. I then unplug it and the % >slowly decreased to around 97% before I get the laptop switching >itself off (no warning or shut down). When I turn it on, Windows boots >up again and the battery power is back to 0%. >I thought it was the battery that was the problem, but I've since >bought a new one and the same thing happens. > Real new Toshiba battery or something off of e*** that is a generic? If the latter, then you haven't proven anything.
From: Barry Watzman on 21 Jan 2008 20:44 BAD BATTERY. a.t.brooks(a)talk21.com wrote: > Hello, > I seem to have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and it's > battery. I've searched for forums and no one seems to have exactly the > same problem I do. > > Basically, my battery seems to run out after about 3 minutes. Even for > Toshiba this seems like a short battery life! > It takes about 1-2 hours to charge and the amber light comes on as > it's doing so and the % increases slowly. I then unplug it and the % > slowly decreased to around 97% before I get the laptop switching > itself off (no warning or shut down). When I turn it on, Windows boots > up again and the battery power is back to 0%. > I thought it was the battery that was the problem, but I've since > bought a new one and the same thing happens. > > Any one seen this? If so, did you manage to fix the problem? > Thanks in advance > Tony
From: gary_hendricks_mail on 22 Jan 2008 10:57
I've experienced this on some Toshiba laptops before. I think I agree with Cyclops, its a motherboard issue. Have you tried taking it back to the manufacturer? Best Regards, Gary Hendricks http://www.best-laptop-guide.com |