Comments on: Toshiba Satellite A105 battery charging problem

By: satie

satie — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:57:11 +0000

I have a toshiba tecra m1 model no. pt930e-03ne4-en
it charges alright, but there is no battery light.
also, on the bulb icon it says
‘full power remaining:n/a on ac power’, even if i am not plugged in. normally, when i use the battery i should be on power save mode, but it doesn’t seem to recognise that im not on mains.
what should i do?

By: Cristian

Cristian — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:16:46 +0000

I had this problem too, if i wanted to remove the power adapter, my laptop immediatly went off.

Now, this is how i got my battery back with my Toshiba A200-1S5 laptop.

I removed the battery while the laptop was on and plugged in ! and then i put it back, and actually i found out that my battery was full charged, and not empty !

cheers,
Cris

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:32:01 +0000

okiemute,

i install toshiba power saver and that was when the problem started

I think it’s just a coincidence.

First it didnt install completely saying there was a fatal error …… and gave a particular code aand since then my battery hadnt charged above 69% but when i unplug the AC cble it uses the battery power

Try discharging the battery completely and then charge it again.

It’s hard to tell what is causing the problem. Could be just the battery failure or there is a problem with the battery charging circuit on the motherboard.
1. Try replacing the battery.
2. If no help, you’ll have to replace the motherboard or use it as is.

By: okiemute

okiemute — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:48:41 +0000

my problem is slightly different, my toshiba is the same model as your, but had mine formatteed and reinstall XP. while i was trying to reinstall the software from the recovery CD i got with the purchase, i install toshiba power saver and that was when the problem started. First it didnt install completely saying there was a fatal error …… and gave a particular code aand since then my battery hadnt charged above 69% but when i unplug the AC cble it uses the battery power. tried unistalling it but it wouldnt go. I dont know what to do?

By: jeremy

jeremy — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:34:55 +0000

i have a toshiba satelight a105-s2101 and it is running windows 7 i updated the bios to the latest from toshibas website and my battery still wont take a charge its a 0% and its on AC power HELP PLEASEEE!!

By: henry

henry — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:51:24 +0000

Hi, just a quick question…. here i have to things that are going on… first battery drains in 5 min or less…. another that the battery charges to 100% in around 20 min….. the battery does not work ? or the charger does not work ??

i have a toshiba a215-s7472 with win7 64 bit…. (does it matter the OS type, originally had 32 bit win vista ) thnx in advance

By: Hassan Ali

Hassan Ali — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:17:05 +0000

I have a Toshiba Satellite L300. My battery does not exceed 37% and the charging lamp comes on for 2 seconds and then comes off and laptop not charge please help

By: Tom A.

Tom A. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:23:41 +0000

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your reply. The answer was in the ta7i0v600 readme.txt. I thought I would like to share with everyone.

1. The BIOS title “ACPI Flash BIOS version 6.00 for Tecra A7 (Intel) (PTA70U) is miss leading. After extracted I opened the readme.txt contains a list of models that this BIOS supports.

2. In the Caution! Section, Here is the copy of the mystery of how I solve my problem: “On some models, it is not unusual to see a CMOS checksum error when you first reboot the computer after installing the new BIOS. If you see this message on your screen, press F1 as instructed. This displays the “TSETUP” screen. Press to save the CMOS data. You won’t see the CMOS checksum error again.

3. If step 2 still not working for you. After you flash the BIOS, turn off the power to the computer. Holding down the tilde (~) key on your keyboard and turn on the power. This will boot up to drive A. [This still is mystery to me, I do not have drive A.] Than do step 2.

Luckly, my motherboard is fine, my CMOS battery is fine too. -Seaberry

By: Tom A.

Tom A. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:19:14 +0000

I found this on another blog … i have had problems w/
bad dvd…. copyed the files onto another and the recovery went fine.

By: Islam

Islam — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:24:41 +0000

osman Says:
November 9th, 2009 at 6:07 pm

my battery is charge in full but when i unlug the charger the battery drained out in 1 minute,anybody know why

I had the same problem and it was because of the batterie… If not, try to check your AC adapter