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Toshiba Satellite A105 battery charging problem

Today I got Toshiba Satellite A105-S2712 for repair with the battery charging problem. It is a new model and we do not have a lot of experience with these laptops. The customer complained that the laptop will not charge the battery when it is plugged into the AC outlet.

The laptop failure symptoms:

The laptop will not turn on when I try to start it from the battery. When the laptop is turned off and plugged into the AC outlet the battery charge LED doesn’t light up. I know that the battery is not charged and the LED should light up when I plug the laptop into the AC outlet. The laptop starts fine when it is plugged. When I move the mouse over the Toshiba Power Icon in the lower right corner, the balloon will pop up and there is a line in there: Battery Remaining: N/A.

The problem repair procedure:

You can easily fix the problem just by updating the BIOS. Toshiba says that the BIOS version should be at least v1.30. So, go to Toshiba website and click on Downloads. Select your laptop model and find any downloads for the BIOS. In the BIOS change history you will see the description of changes.

After I updated the BIOS, the battery charging problem disappeared.

 

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176 Responses to “Toshiba Satellite A105 battery charging problem”

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  1. 176
    Islam Says:
    November 14th, 2009 at 4:24 am

    osman Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    my battery is charge in full but when i unlug the charger the battery drained out in 1 minute,anybody know why

    I had the same problem and it was because of the batterie… If not, try to check your AC adapter

  2. 175
    cj2600 Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    osman,

    my battery is charge in full but when i unlug the charger the battery drained out in 1 minute,anybody know why

    Most likely the battery is bad and has to be replaced.

  3. 174
    osman Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    my battery is charge in full but when i unlug the charger the battery drained out in 1 minute,anybody know why

  4. 173
    cj2600 Says:
    November 3rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    umair,

    when i charge the battery the laptop light is not on and laptop not charge why

    Could be bad AC adapter.

  5. 172
    cj2600 Says:
    November 3rd, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    Amanda,

    I have a Toshiba Satellite A215. My battery is completely drained now, but the last time it worked I remember plugging it in and noticing that it was not charging. After the battery was drained, I plugged in the power cord again and nothing happened (usually the battery lights up).

    Probably bad AC adapter. The adapter died while you were using the laptop and the laptop works until the battery had charge. Now the laptop will not turn on because it’s not getting any power from the adapter and the battery is drained.
    Test the AC power adapter with a voltmeter, if you can.
    Try replacing the AC adapter with a new one.

    Occasionally my dog has tripped on the cord and pulled it out of the A/C adapter socket on the laptop. Could this have disconnected something?

    It’s possible the dog damaged the adapter cord.

    Is there anything I can do to repair this, or is this a repair shop job?

    You can try replacing the AC adapter yourself. If it doesn’t fix the problem, you’ll have to take the laptop to the repair shop.

  6. 171
    umair Says:
    November 1st, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    when i charge the battery the laptop light is not on and laptop not charge why

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