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Toshiba Laptop battery problem a.t.brooks 01-20-2008
Posted by a.t.brooks on January 20, 2008, 7:52 pm
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 Hello,
I seem to have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and it's
battery. I've searched for forums and no one seems to have exactly the
same problem I do.

Basically, my battery seems to run out after about 3 minutes. Even for
Toshiba this seems like a short battery life!
It takes about 1-2 hours to charge and the amber light comes on as
it's doing so and the % increases slowly. I then unplug it and the %
slowly decreased to around 97% before I get the laptop switching
itself off (no warning or shut down). When I turn it on, Windows boots
up again and the battery power is back to 0%.
I thought it was the battery that was the problem, but I've since
bought a new one and the same thing happens.

Any one seen this? If so, did you manage to fix the problem?
Thanks in advance
Tony

Posted by Cyclops on January 21, 2008, 12:32 am
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 a.t.brooks@talk21.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I seem to have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and it's
> battery. I've searched for forums and no one seems to have exactly the
> same problem I do.
>
> Basically, my battery seems to run out after about 3 minutes. Even for
> Toshiba this seems like a short battery life!
> It takes about 1-2 hours to charge and the amber light comes on as
> it's doing so and the % increases slowly. I then unplug it and the %
> slowly decreased to around 97% before I get the laptop switching
> itself off (no warning or shut down). When I turn it on, Windows boots
> up again and the battery power is back to 0%.
> I thought it was the battery that was the problem, but I've since
> bought a new one and the same thing happens.
>
> Any one seen this? If so, did you manage to fix the problem?
> Thanks in advance
> Tony

Sounds like a motherboard issue, if the system cannot properly detect
the battery charge the system may just be stopping thinking the battery
is dead. If it is a new battery, then you know it is internal. I think
you may be looking at a system killer.

Posted by Chris Hill on January 21, 2008, 2:01 pm
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:52:53 -0800 (PST), a.t.brooks@talk21.com wrote:

>Hello,
>I seem to have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and it's
>battery. I've searched for forums and no one seems to have exactly the
>same problem I do.
>
>Basically, my battery seems to run out after about 3 minutes. Even for
>Toshiba this seems like a short battery life!
>It takes about 1-2 hours to charge and the amber light comes on as
>it's doing so and the % increases slowly. I then unplug it and the %
>slowly decreased to around 97% before I get the laptop switching
>itself off (no warning or shut down). When I turn it on, Windows boots
>up again and the battery power is back to 0%.
>I thought it was the battery that was the problem, but I've since
>bought a new one and the same thing happens.
>


Real new
Toshiba battery or something off of e*** that is a generic? If the
latter, then you haven't proven anything.


Posted by Barry Watzman on January 21, 2008, 8:44 pm
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BAD BATTERY.


a.t.brooks@talk21.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I seem to have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and it's
> battery. I've searched for forums and no one seems to have exactly the
> same problem I do.
>
> Basically, my battery seems to run out after about 3 minutes. Even for
> Toshiba this seems like a short battery life!
> It takes about 1-2 hours to charge and the amber light comes on as
> it's doing so and the % increases slowly. I then unplug it and the %
> slowly decreased to around 97% before I get the laptop switching
> itself off (no warning or shut down). When I turn it on, Windows boots
> up again and the battery power is back to 0%.
> I thought it was the battery that was the problem, but I've since
> bought a new one and the same thing happens.
>
> Any one seen this? If so, did you manage to fix the problem?
> Thanks in advance
> Tony

Posted by gary_hendricks_mail on January 22, 2008, 10:57 am
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I've experienced this on some Toshiba laptops before. I think I agree
with Cyclops, its a motherboard issue. Have you tried taking it back
to the manufacturer?

Best Regards,
Gary Hendricks
http://www.best-laptop-guide.com

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