Hi all,

My Toshiba Satellite A30-871 notebook has started discharging the battery whilst the mains power supply is connected (The LED shows that AC is connected but Laptop consumes battery power instead of charging battery and using AC power). When the battery reaches 0% laptop will switch off. Removing the power plug and reconnecting does not solve the problem while the computer is ON, only shutting down computer starts the battery to charge. Which means that I can use laptop as long as battery retains some power. Sometimes when the notebook is off and battery is being charged, battery charging LED starts to blink and I have to remove the power jack and plug it back.

I don''t think its a loose power connector because the light shows the power is connected.

I wonder if anyone got a solution for me.

Regards,
nova

nova khan said:
Nova,
You may have the wrong adapter for this model. What you described is what happens when a lower wattage adapter is used to try to power the unit. If the adapter power isn't 120 watts, this is the case. If it is a 120 watt, then there is either an adapter going bad, or a high resistance on the power line of the motherboard. My money is on the wrong adapter though.

I'm using original adapter which I got with the notebook. Have tried using another adapter, same problem.

I got the address of Toshiba support guys from Toshiba's website in my city and took the notebook there. The guy there was of the opinion that the battery had completed its life. He however, instead of buying the new battery proposed me to get its cells repaired and referred me to a battery repair fellow. The point was that my notebook is worth hardly 300 - 350 USD and I should not pay 100 USD just for a new battery. Anyway, I took the notebook to the battery repair guy. He listened to me and said that if battery was giving a reasonable backup time then I shouldn't get its cells repaired. He believed that the connection between adapter's jack and the board's socket was loose and this improper connection was not letting battery to charge. I was once again referred to another guy who does board's repair.



Decided to take the chance and took the notebook to the board's repair guy. He also thought that the connection was loose, opened the machine, soldered the socket once again and re assembled the notebook, charged me around 12 USD.



The notebook seems to be working fine. Battery charging LED doesn't blink, it charges properly and when I turn my laptop on, it uses AC power instead of consuming battery. I have been using my notebook since yesterday and so far I am a happy man with the hope that some other problem will not pop up



Regards,



nova

Thanks for the feedback. Often, we offer advise and never hear if our information helped. thanks for letting all of us know.

I had mine plugged into an outlet that had too many other things consuming the electric so there was not an adequate amount of power for the laptop. Just changed to another outlet and mine is working like a charm... Sometimes it can be that simple, I have searched the internet not knowing why mine was doing the same exact thing and then the idea just came to that maybe it just needs to be plugged into another outlet, lol...