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.