Comments on: Toshiba Satellite M35X and Satellite A75 power jack and battery charge problem

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:10:42 +0000

Douglas Lazarus,
Remove the battery and start the laptop with the AC adapter. Now wiggle the power plug inside the jack. Will it shut down when you wiggle the adapter plug? If yes, it’s either DC jack problem or you have a damaged wire inside the cord.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:21:27 +0000

Ingrid,

1. The Tech is now calling to advise after repairing the DC Connector he’s getting a “Cannot detect Hard Drive” and my HD is toast.
2. Is it possible he either hasn’t reassembled correctly, or forgotten to return the the CPU to the locked position? He says it gets to the windows screen then he gets the error message.

Hmmm, he said the hard drive is not detected by the laptop and at the same time it gets to the Winodws screen? Really strange. When the hard drive is toast, you will not see Windows screen at all.
I cannot advice in this situation because I’m not really sure what’s going on with the laptop.

Is it possible he either hasn’t reassembled correctly

Yes, it’s possible.

or forgotten to return the the CPU to the locked position?

Nope, with unlocked CPU the laptop will not start at all.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:10:33 +0000

rollie,

I resolder the pin and all the connections again but still the computer will not turn on. There is a fuse beside the power connector. I used my meter to test the voltage between the output side of the fuse and -voltage, I was reading 19+ volts dc. Any idea about what happened?

Check the memory module, maybe it’s not seated correctly. Try reconnecting the memory module.

By: rollie

rollie — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:22:15 +0000

I have a toshiba M35x. I resoldered the +pin and all the 3 leds turned on. I wiggled the plug , all the leds stayed on. While the laptop was booting, the screen went blank. I hit the on button to turn the computer back on but nothing happened. I resolder the pin and all the connections again but still the computer will not turn on. There is a fuse beside the power connector. I used my meter to test the voltage between the output side of the fuse and -voltage, I was reading 19+ volts dc. Any idea about what happened?

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:20:12 +0000

Thanks to your site, I was able to ID the charging problem with my Toshiba A70. However knowing I don’t solder well, I decided to take it to an authorized Toshiba repair shop. The last time I had the unit running, I performed an orderly shutdown before the battery ran too low to prevent a crash. The Tech is now calling to advise after repairing the DC Connector he’s getting a “Cannot detect Hard Drive” and my HD is toast. The unit booted and ran fine before he opened it up to repair the DC connector, but since we couldn’t power up the unit when I left it with them, he say’s he doesn’t believe me. Is it possible he either hasn’t reassembled correctly, or forgotten to return the the CPU to the locked position? He says it gets to the windows screen then he gets the error message. Thanks

By: Douglas Lazarus

Douglas Lazarus — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:23:34 +0000

I have a Dell latitude 630. The battery power does nto last long. As it gets too low, I get a message that says Switch to Plug-in Power. But I only use the AC Adapter. It’s a fight between the battery going dead and getting recharged. If I take the battery out, I can use the computer on AC power, but it goes dead after a while. If I am using AC power and remove the adapter connection, it goes dead immediately andwon’t restart if I plug in the adapter without the “dead” battery installed.

At first I put in a brand new battery, but had the same problem of it going dead with the message to switch to plug-in power.

In Control Panel Power Options, I do not see a menu item that allows me to switch from battery to plug-n power.

Can you please advise? Thank you very much.

By: otto schulz

otto schulz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:21:55 +0000

the trace in the hole thru the board was bad so i soldered a jumper on to the wire coming out of the back of the plug and on to the hot side of the resistor feeding the trace that way

By: drajat Imam m

drajat Imam m — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:24:55 +0000

My notebokk c 8223 MV,
If I press power button must be in charging, although batery 90 %. I need explanation..thank you very much

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:44:55 +0000

I have a Toshiba A75 that will run on AC power until it has to think! I have loaded a new BIOS and Windows XP but the problem persists. It charges when it’s off and does not seem to have any “loose connection” issues. It will not boot up with the battery removed but once booted and dormant I can unplug and replug the AC adapter and it will begin to run on AC even if I remove the battery… until you run a program or in some way ask it to “think” then it reverts to the battery. Any ideas?

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:28:23 +0000

i have the satellite A215 with the same power jack problem. will the solution above fix this model as well?