Battery goes dead while Toshiba notebook is shutdown

[Slogun]

I have a 7 month old Toshiba Satelite A15-S127 notebook that I bought for travel.
This notebook has met my needs and I have been pleased with it with one exception:
While shutdown and in it's case, the battery apparently slowly drains and becomes dead after about a month or less in storage.

I know that the laptop is shutdown completely, and not hibernating or in standby.
However, I am also aware that Toshiba uses a proprietary program to control power saving and some other options, overriding WinXP's own power options.

Anybody have experience with this or any insight?

 

[Slogun]

I'm considering uninstalling, if not overriding the Toshiba power management software. But not sure if that would help.

Of course, I can remove the battery, but that is inconvenient.

 

[RPB]

the 5105-501s does the same thing, battery looses it's charge in about ten days.

 

[Abhi]

I think the drain is pretty normal..

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: Abhi
I think the drain is pretty normal..

Seriously?

 

[LoudTIGER]

its not like the battery will hold its charge forever. using it just drains it faster.

 

[jschuk]

All laptops will lose charge while being stored. Remember, those power buttons aren't hardwired to the power. They are "soft-buttons" that have to be monitored for a press to turn on the laptop. Remove the battery from the laptop when storing it, your battery should stay charged for a longer period of time. Keep in mind though that your RTC battery may run out of power. The RTC batteries used to be good for about 2 months, but these newer one may be shorter. The aboved mentioned 5105 (and 5005, 5205) are some of the worst for battery drain. There are several buttons on those laptops that can turn them on plus there is the LCD on the front that shows the time and battery charge.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: jschuk
All laptops will lose charge while being stored. Remember, those power buttons aren't hardwired to the power. They are "soft-buttons" that have to be monitored for a press to turn on the laptop. Remove the battery from the laptop when storing it, your battery should stay charged for a longer period of time. Keep in mind though that your RTC battery may run out of power. The RTC batteries used to be good for about 2 months, but these newer one may be shorter. The aboved mentioned 5105 (and 5005, 5205) are some of the worst for battery drain. There are several buttons on those laptops that can turn them on plus there is the LCD on the front that shows the time and battery charge.

OK, thx for the info. Glad to know there is not something intrinsically wrong with my laptop.
I've got it stored now with the battery removed.