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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February 26th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
R Wright,
Can you test the power adapter with a voltmeter?
It’s possible the battery LED is blinking because the battery is completely discharged and cannot start the laptop.
You cannot tell what is wrong without testing the adapter first.
Could be bad adapter, broken power jack or motherboard problem.
February 25th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Hi,
I have a Satellite A105 and am having battery charging problems. I thought my adapter needed to be replaced but when I push power it did not turn on but I did get 10 blinking yellow lights by the battery. Do you think it is the battery or the charger – i can’t get power to update the bios as an earlier post suggest.
Thanks you
PS – I am hoping that this is the extint of my problems power
February 6th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Hi cj2600,
I have a problem similar to some of the battery issues mentioned above. I own a Toshiba Satellite A65, which has already had its motherboard replaced by a certified Toshiba repair shop (overheating/shutdown problem) and had its BIOS updated. Ever since I purchased the laptop, the best battery life I got was 45 minutes. Over time, the original battery would no longer hold a charge, so I very recently purchased a non-oem battery on ebay with much higher capacity (6600 mAH) compared to the original one. I charged up the new battery as per the instructions, but the laptop never showed a green light to indicate a full charge after charging it for 17+ hours, it only showed the amber charging light. Once I powered it on to see where it stood, the power capacity read-out was 46% out of 100%. I shut it down and left the charger on for an extra hour, but the power level was still at 46% when I checked it. So, I followed the full discharge method and got a decent 1.5 hours out of the new battery, but since then, it would only show a 2% charge even though I charged it for many hours. The battery just does not appear to accept the charge, and dies after 2 minutes. I checked the adapter, which seems to work just fine as a power source on its own, and the charging lights appear to be working normally. I checked the Toshiba website, and the BIOS updates, which were few and far between, did not describe any changes that were supposed to correct any battery issues. In your opinion, given all that I have described, does this seem like a motherboard issue or a potential bad battery? Thank you very much for your assistance.
Regards,
bizrunner
January 26th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
pastor william,
Is it flashing once and goes off or keeps flashing continuously?
You can test the power adapter with a voltmeter. If the adapter outputs correct voltage, most likely you have a problem with the motherboard.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:35 am
I have a toshiba satellite A-105 S2194 MODLE: PSAA5U-00Z01C
when i plug in the laptop all leds flash and power butten as well and also the screen, and it wont turn on so i can get in to it i was told could be power cord and or motherboard but before puting lots of money out on it i would like to try to fix it but if not just by a new one .. but i like this one. if you can help me it would be greatfull. my son got it to turn on once for about a min. but not no more thanks god bless pastor: Eld. william spradling
January 12th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I have a Toshiba P-25 laptop computer. The battery light goes off, then the computer quits. I unplug the computer and plug it back in and the battery charges up again. This repeats itself over time until the battery will not charge up to show a green light. Then the computer makes a clicking sound and quits. Even with the battery charging light on, the computer clicks and quits. The run time keeps geeting shorter until it reaches the point that the computer will only run a few seconds.
I have sent the computer to Toshiba twice, the replaced the charger and it worked for another years plus.
I bought a third party charger and it lasted two weeks before the computer problems started again. The company told me their charger was OK, but my battery was bad. I have an older Toshiba laptop with a dead battery and it works as long as it is plugged in.
It appears to me that there is something wrong with the computer, but everytime I buy a new charger, the computer works.
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I have a Toshiba A105-S2061…
I’ve been having the same battery issues as most of you.. so now I’m trying to install an updated BIOS and I keep getting an error message saying that the name is messed up.
Can someone help?
December 27th, 2008 at 10:50 am
i have a laptop toshiba tecra s2 there is a problem that when plugged battery in laptop the laptop give beep and when you on the lapop without battery it is working properly i have change his battery butt same result
November 20th, 2008 at 7:15 am
i have a sattelite a135-s4467 i upgraded the bios to 1.70 with winphlash after setting @ the splash screen for three hours i powered it off now it will not boot past “mouse initialized” i have tried booting it with every bios burned to a cd and that is as far as it get.
November 15th, 2008 at 5:02 am
My Toshiba A105 battery would not hold a charge anymore. No matter what I did to try and solve the problem, the computer would turn off immediately after I lost connection with the AC source. It would power down instantly. I had a solid amber light whenever the laptop was plugged in, but remaining battery life would show NA. I tried updating BIOS, cleaning the battery and changing power settings. After all of this, remaining battery life would still show NA. The solution was relatively simple. I ordered a used battery from e-bay, paying about $50. Now, everything works fine. I spent a lot of time researching the problem. It could have been a faulty motherboard or a connection that needed to be soldered. Thankfully, it was not a bigger problem, but simply a bad battery.