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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October 19th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Need help desperately! Two days ago I had my laptop plugged into the wall socket and on sleep mode for several hours. When I came back my power adapter was dead and battery at 5%. After inspecting the adapter which originally came with the computer I noticed two small melt marks. The adapter itself smelled like burnt metal. Needless to say it no longer works. The next day I went to a computer repair store and the owner sold me a universal power supply with extra add on bits. We set the plug and all worked fine while on the computer for several hours. Afterwards I packed up my laptop and headed to the club where I work as a dj at. I set up the laptop and started to play music off it.
Suddenly within 15 minutes of being powered up the screen went blank. The blue power switch however remained on and the music coming out of my computer was still playing. I could not get the screen to go back on. At this point I switched over to an external CD player in the club which is not connected to my computer and rebooted my laptop.
On the reboot everything seemed to work fine again but battery power was down to around 5%. My battery is old and when charged at 100% lasts about 35-40 minutes. Within about 10 minutes into rebooting the computer this time it fully shutdown with 300 people staring at me and no music playing. Highly stressful to say the least.
On checking the computer today a friend did a voltmeter test and the new universal adapter voltage was very stable.
I tried disconnecting the plug a few times to see what happens with the battery, sometimes the battery will discharge with the power supply plugged in. I tried various times to plug it back in but it still continues to discharge. If I shut the laptop off and reboot then the battery goes back into charge mode.
I’m honestly losing my mind with this. I don’t know what else to do to troubleshoot this problem. Is this a power adapter, the power connector to the computer or a battery issue?
I still do not understand why my original adapter burnt out on me in the first place. Any thoughts, suggestions would bew highly appreciated.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:27 am
My L30 has a similar problem.
I know the charger works, yet the battery won’t charge.
I heard that the L30 and M30 always get problems to do with the battery, so i checked if it was the battery by removing it and pluggin in the charger. This ran it through the mains, and it didnt turn on.
could the problem be the pin? or the battery pack itself?
how could i fix this?
October 7th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Here’s a reply for Barbara
I had (still have) that same problem. My wife/kids only would use the laptop plugged into the wall. I think this eventually ruined the battery; but still working that problem.
With constantly using the power adaptor; as well as moving it from the couch to the table to the chair (and on and on) something worked loose in the power jack inside the computer itself. I just finished disassembling my laptop to about 200 pieces LOL. I finally got the power plug out and tested it. I’m not 100% sure where the problem lies, but I believe it is in the actual jack itself, not the wiring. I am thinking the inside part worked loose from the rear connection where the wires solder to.
Unfortunatly, this can be an expensive fix if a shop does it. However, if you follow the disassembly guide on this site and remove the power connector yourself, you can probably pick one up fairly cheap. It may only need a touch of solder to fix it as well. I am going to try all that tomorrow and see where it gets me..
Good Luck!
October 4th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I have a problem with the battery. I upgraded the software and while my computer is still plugged in the battery is still coming up! This is so frustrating any advice?
October 4th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Trying to help my daughter get her computer fixed.
It’s a Satellite A 105 Toshiba
Can’t turn it on again— she keeps buying new cords & new batteries—but this is not the problem. She usually leaves it plugged in –so not to discharge the battery.
SAw where some one said to go to the Toshiba site and download–BUT we can’t get the thing to turn on– a yellow blinks for a couple seconds and then it all goes dead.
Any help would be most appreciated.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
rockhead,
Sounds like a problem with the motherboard and it has to be replaced.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 am
hi, I have a toshiba A75-S226 laptop that will not start on the battrey alone. I have tried a new battrey but still no change, when i start the laptop with the mains it works and the battrey is 100% charged but if i remove the power cable the computer just shuts down. I have opened the laptop and replaced the DC-IN jack( on the motherboard) and problem persists.Battery charges ok when the adapter is connected. Could anyone tell me what could be done?
thanks
September 4th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Edgardo Bernabe,
Take a closer look at the Toshiba recovery disc. Maybe the disc is scratched or dirty? Clean the recovery disc with soft cloth.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:20 am
a105-s2712 toshiba.,i cant install the windows xp., itry so many things ,i change memory., hardisk,cdrom.,it always stock at set up starting windows
August 12th, 2008 at 10:31 am
cj2600
well i tried it with new battery ..so its a motherboard problem for sure:(
well i know that i can use it untill the motherboard completely fails..but can anyone predict when will it completely die.i have only been using it for 9 months,i cant even claim for a new motherboard from toshiba as it was a gift from my uncle who has lost all the papers:(