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

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.

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.

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

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

In
news:1da04707-7b25-41b9-bbd3-b755ac08bfb4@c4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com,
a.t.brooks@talk21.com typed on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:52:53 -0800 (PST):
> 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

I agree with everybody; Cyclops, Chris, Barry, and Gary. And it wouldn't
be the first time that a new battery was purchased that was bad. And it
could be a problem with the internal charging system of the laptop. Nor
would I rule out problems with the AC adapter either, but not as likely.
What happens when you charge the batteries with the laptop powered down?
Does it act the same?

--
Bill
email: change kom to com