Toshiba Battery wont Charge

[GhandiInstinct]

The laptop recognizes the battery online and shows 0% charged. The AC adapter powers the laptop and when taken out shuts off the system.

I'd like to know why its not charging.

Model: P25-s477

 

[WackyDan]

Try removing the battery... powering the unit down and wait several minutes... Insert the batt, plug it in and see if that changes anything. I've seen this happen on other makes and models.

Something just gets garbaged up in the circuit it seems and needs total lack of power including the removal of the battery for reset.

 

[tvarad]

I had a similar problem with a brand new A105 series model. Turned out to be a bad battery. This if from very vague memory so I could be wrong, but if a Lithium-Ion (?) battery is completely discharged at any time, it won't take up charge again, so that could very well be your problem. You may also want to check if there has been a recall notice on your battery.

Hope this helps.

 

[corkyg]

How old is your battery? They do wear out from charging and recharging anytime after about 2-3 years. And , it is also possible that the charging circuitry in your laptop is broken.

 

[yllus]

Possibility:

Toshiba Battery Pack Exchange Program

Toshiba has identified a problem with some of the battery packs in Toshiba portable computers that were manufactured between March and May of 2006. The affected battery packs simply stop working, i.e. stop accepting a charge, and they no longer supply power to the computer. They do not overheat, or pose any safety related issue or concern.

The affected battery packs were sold with several Toshiba portable computer models, and were also sold as accessories. The problem has been fixed by the third-party battery vendor. Battery packs manufactured since June 1, 2006 are not affected by this problem.

Toshiba is offering to replace affected battery packs free of charge. This offer extends to affected battery packs only ? those that are known to have this problem. Toshiba will replace affected battery packs whether or not they have actually failed. Toshiba?s intent is to ensure as few customers as possible from experiencing this problem

Since the problem is confined to the battery pack itself, and is not related to the computer that uses the battery pack, this exchange program is for replacement of affected battery packs only.

Satellite A100, Satellite Pro A100

* PSAA0C-LE400E
* PSAA0C-LE400F
* PSAA0C-LE600E
* PSAA0C-LE600F
* PSAA2C-LE100E
* PSAA2C-LE100F
* PSAA3C-ED10XE
* PSAA3C-ED10XF
* PSAA6C-ED20XE
* PSAA6C-ED20XF
* PSAA8C-0FH00E
* PSAA8C-0FH00F
* PSAA8C-SK400E
* PSAA8C-SK400F
* PSAA8C-SK800E
* PSAA8C-SK800F
* PSAA8C-SK800C

Satellite M100

* PSMA0C-JG200E
* PSMA0C-JG200F

Satellite M70, Satellite Pro M70

* PSM70C-DL400F
* PSM70C-SR300E
* PSM73C-CL100E
* PSM73C-CL300E
* PSM73C-CL300F
* PSM75C-GM30XE
* PSM75C-GM30XF
* PSM75C-GM50XE
* PSM75C-GM50XF

Satellite A110, Satellite Pro A110

* PSAB6C-CF100E
* PSAB6C-CF100F
* PSAB1C-GM60XE
* PSAB1C-GM60XF
* PSAB1C-GM80XE
* PSAB1C-GM80XF

Tecra A6, A7

* PTA61C-CV301E
* PTA71C-LL201E

Affected Option Battery Packs Sold Separately as Accessories

Some ? not all ? of the Toshiba option battery packs with the following three model numbers are affected by this problem:

PA3399U-2BAS PA3400U-1BAS PA3465U-1BAS