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 3rd, 2007 at 4:36 pm
hey i have a toshiba laptop A105 – S2712 but im not sure how to charge it and it wont turn on plz help!!!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 6:43 am
I have the Toshiba Satelite L25-S1194 and my battery will not charge more then 7%. My first AC charger from Toshiba burned out so I bought the Targus replacement AC charger. My computer runs when pluged into the charger but will not charge. The battery light stays a solid amber. I am starting to think I have a defective computer since so many things have been breaking on it.
I’m willing to try anything and this laptop is only a year old.
January 24th, 2007 at 10:08 am
I am having the Toshiba Satelite battery problem also. Unfortunitly the serial code on the bottom of my computer has worn out and I can not see what model I have. It’s the big 17″ monitor and is now 2 ears old if that helps.
What can I do this battery problem is a big hassel.
THANK-YOU!!
January 2nd, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I am trying to repair an l25, it was running off battery, but with an intermittent (wiggle connector) charge. It finally decided to not work at all with a dead battery. I assumed it was a loose connector and went ahead and resoldered, but I have determined that it isn’t the problem, as most of the power circuit seems to be charged. It isn’t a bios problem either. Any ideas on the problem of a way to fix it, as I can’t seem to find schematics?
December 14th, 2006 at 8:39 am
I have a problem with Toshiba M105-S3041. The laptop charges intermittently though the Power cord light is always on when Power cord is on. I took it to Toshiba Service Center ( under warranty) and they changed both the motherboard and CPU. For a week it was fine, but the same problem is recurring. Also computer does not start without battery. I have updated Bios. Any suggestions to what I could do? Thank you.
November 22nd, 2006 at 12:41 am
Wissam Ghanem,
The power LED flashes orange? Does the laptop start at all from the AC adapter or from the battery? Have you tried removing the battery and starting the laptop just from the AC adapter without battery installed?
November 21st, 2006 at 11:38 pm
Tan Huu Phuong,
May be you have a corrupted or incorrect LAN driver installed and it somehow kills Windows? Can you boot to Windows in safe mode? Try uninstalling the LAN driver.
I would probably try reloading the laptop back to original factory defaults using a recovery DVD. It might be just a software issue.
November 21st, 2006 at 2:02 am
DIR SIR , I HAVE A PROBLEM IN MY TOSHIBA TECRA A3 WHEN I PLUG THE AC CURRENT THE POWER LED FLASH AND THE BATTERY DOESNT CHARGE SO WHEN I CHARGE THE BATTERY ON OTHER LAPTOP IT WORK S FINE TILL IT BECOMES EMPTY THANK U I HOPE I GET THE ANSWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
THANK YOU
November 20th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
I Have A Toshiba Laptop A105-S4014. It is Dump when login windows. But it is ok when i disable Lan card in bios. Pls tell me how to repair it. I upgared bios.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:27 am
Firstly,
Thanks for the immediate responses. This site is great.Secondly, I jiggle the power cord(new) for the battery(also new) but the led lights do not change. Yesterday the thing worked great all day. I do not think it an outlet problem as I take the laptop from home to work. My laptop model is 1135-S125, rather old; three years I think. Thanks for the help on here. Jim