Help with Toshiba Sattelite

[glenn beck]

Friend gave me his laptop. Worked for about ten minutes(battery was about to die). Had a charger that he but eas chewesd up by his dog. Laptops power dies out, my friend comes back with a Targus AC adapter about 3 weeks later. AC adapter lights up fone. Laptop won power on even the slightest bit.

 

[cheesehead]

First, you have to make sure that your power adapter is set to the right voltage. Too high, and the laptop's autoprotection will kick in; too low, and nothing happens.

Second, make sure it as a max current rating (measured in mA(milliamps) or A(amps)) at least as high, or higher than, the required power draw of the laptop.

Third, there's a good chance your power jack is loose if neither works. I've heard that Toshibas often have this problem.

 

[Paperlantern]

Yes, what model laptops is it, the M35X, and the A70/75 models do this, and a select few others have a more infrequent occurance of the loose power issue. Toshiba will often replace this because it is a known issue, especially if it on one of the three models I mentioned, sometimes a local authorized repair center can even fix it under warranty with an exception. Even if the laptops is out of warranty.