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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December 7th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Well well well.. It appears im not alone. I have a Satellite L25 S119 and cant get either my original battery, or my BRAND SPANKING NEW one to charge. I tried everything mentioned here with the exception of dismantling my laptop and digging into the motherboard.
Is there a recall or any information about this problem on toshibas website?? I doubt it.. Please someone help us all….
November 27th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Dr.YK,
Not sure, never done it myself.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:01 am
cj2006,
ya thats why i think too dead battery but in 14months only…!!!
also someone told me that they repair batteries by putting in Li-ions in it or something like that. is that true??
pls. let me know.
Thanks.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Joe,
Did you check the AC adapter?
November 24th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Dr.YK,
Never seen that battery shows 103% of charge. I believe it shouldn’t be more then 100%.
I think you have dead battery.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:10 am
Dee,
Maybe there is something wrong with the AC adapter. Is it the original adapter that came with the laptop? Check the voltage provided by the AC adapter, make sure the voltage is the same as it’s stated on the adapter.
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Toshiba A100 – Works with a charged battery, will not work on AC power nor will it charge the battery. Have checked the DC Jack and leads – all good. Bad Motherboard?
thanks
November 16th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
hi,
ive been using toshiba satellite A105 model for about 14 months now, and about a month back when i would move the mouse over the batt. recharge icon it use to show batt. 103% on a full charge and since the last few days it shows batt. 0%.
when i take the AC out the laptop only runs for 5sec and shuts off, when i plug the power cord back on, the batt. recharge light (orange light) comes on for only 5 sec. and then no more light, the green light that use to come on a full recharge doesnt come anymore.
can anyone tell me whats going on???
its only been a little more than a yr. how could the batt. run
out.
i cant use the laptop of batt. nomore, it works fine on AC power.
October 14th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
im having the same problem as lourdes …then cj2600 replied
lourdes Says:
August 29th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
I have the same problem have had my toshiba sattelite 1135 for about 3 years and suddenly the battery is not charging while the ac is on. The battery runs out and i have to shut down the computer and that is when the led orange light turns on charging. I downloaded the BIOS and is still having problems. Can anyone help.
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cj2600 Says:
August 30th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
Lourdes,
Does your laptop works on the AC power if you remove the battery? Can you see if the power LED or battery LED flickers when you wiggle the power plug on the back of the laptop?
The answer for me is no , soon as i take the battery out, it goes off . It charges only when powered off and takes hours to charge once on and with charger plugged in, it recognizes , says its charging on the little icon but just loses power as if Im running off the battery. when the charger is plugged in i get a orange color ./
October 1st, 2007 at 5:33 pm
hi
i have an equim M50-164… I NEED HELP, WEN I PUT THE CHARGER IN MY BATTERY ONLY CHARGES UNTIL 44 % , THE LED LIGHT ALSO SHOWS BUT THEN AFTER THAT NO MATTER WAT I DO IT DONT CHARGE MORE ,THE ORANGE LED LIGHT WILL ONLY APPEAR FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS. ANY SUGGESTIONS WUD BE GREAT
THANKS