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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April 1st, 2007 at 1:14 am
oddly enough, I just removed the battery, pluged in the ac adapter, turned it on & it WORKED… for about 2 minutes untill it just automatically shut off.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:07 am
I just recently got a Toshiba m105. It was working great but out of nowhere I started to have trouble charging it. Sometimes I could charge it while using it & other times it wouldn’t work unless it was off. Then it got to the point where if I plugged the charger in, it wouldn’t charge at all even if the indicator light said it was charging. One night when the laptop was @ 0% I kept on position the ac adapter in different ways, moving the laptop, pluging the cord in with a bit more force & somehow when I went to turn it on, it had charged up to 33%. So I’m assuming & hoping that I just need to replace the adapter. I left it alone for a few days & now the power idicator light flickers blue OR remains blue & other the other lights turn orange when I plug in the adapter. I tried to run the laptop w/o the battery attached w/ the ac adapter only & it wouldn’t work either. Does anybody have any suggestions as to fixing this problem =( ??
March 27th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Okay let me elaborate on that last post. The A55-S106 Satellite by Toshiba is a bit over a year old and was the one that was bought new.
It’s in pieces but all the pieces with the exception of some case screws (outside case) and only lights come on (does not boot to anything).
The other one (the used 1605CDS) was fine till last night (3/27/07) then I get these light sequences and no boot up!!
March 27th, 2007 at 8:23 am
I have a Toshiba Satellite A55-S106 which is a little over a year old. I also have a Satellite 1605CDS
I’m here to tell you that when I purchased the first one (used) and the second one (new) I had every intention of a “toshiba only” mentality (comparable to the “I drive only ford f-150 trucks only” mentality).
In short, I’m ready for a new ride. Toshiba blows mad cow udders.
And not for nothing, but having done a bit of scouring, past all the corporate crap they’ve littered on our once fun internet, to attempt to locate any semblance of information pertaining to these faulty laptops and more specifically their error codes (pretty lights….pretty god-damned expensive lights!!!)….
and where do i end up? right here.
p.s. anyone in the market for a couple of satellites cheap?
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March 20th, 2007 at 7:04 am
You right cj2600
PSA70C-AB200E was the model# and yes it is Canadian, but after checking the drivers, they are mostly all dated year 04. Oh well.
After I open this up, fix it, I am going to give it to the parents.
Thank you for your response.
David
March 19th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
David,
Looks like it’s a Canadian model. You should search for updates here:
http://209.167.114.38/support/.....Model.asp#
BTW, there is no laptop listed with PSA70C-ABZ00E, but there is one with PSA70C-AB200E (2 not Z)
March 18th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
OK, I love this site, I have the same problems as most of you people, but when i goto the Toshiba web site to find updates for the BIOS etc. I find I get stuck at Model #, I looked on the back and all I see are a Part# and Serial# and another number
Here is the other number
PA3374U-1MPC
Part#
PSA70C-ABZ00E
Now none of these are listed, so I must have the Model number wrong??
I am going in a day, sit down and take apart my A70 Satellite and fix the plug issue, the heat sink problem with a good cleaning, I am just backing up files right now. I have all the tools ready to go even down the pick. I can’t wait.
But to update my bios I need to know model number and well I am stuck if you can help email me. or post here.
Thanks
David
ps. great site.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:22 am
gracey foster,
Some Toshiba laptops are sold without recovery disks. You have to create a set of recovery CDs or DVD yourself buy running a preinstalled Toshiba utility.
If you don’t have the recovery DVD try calling Toshiba and purchase it from them, it shouldn’t be very expensive.
February 25th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
I have a Satellite A105-2712. it cant start windows set up error is showing that file\i386.exe cannot be found, error code 7. we called toshiba call center and they told us that i just need to used the recovery cd but we dont have it… does anybody here had the same problem? pls. help me. thanks.
February 25th, 2007 at 12:56 am
Jason,
It sounds like you have a bad motherboard. As a last resort you can try this. Completely disassemble the laptop and leave only the motherboard with CPU and cooling module. Connect a known good AC adapter and try turning on again, just from the AC power. If you still experience the same issue most likely it’s a bad motherboard.