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.