Myn

Hi there,

I am completely and utterly out of ideas on this one. I have a Toshiba Satellite A200 TR6 (PSAEOC-TR605C) which I downgraded to XP SP2 from Vista, installing all the drivers, (including the correct BIOS version), etc. In other words, did everything to ensure software/hardware compatability.

Now that I got my system running as perfectly as can be, I noticed an issue that's fast becoming extremely annoying and somewhat troublesome.

When I plug the laptop into the AC, the laptop won't turn on, and the indicator lights (DC-in and Battery Charge lights) remain off. If I unplug it, it powers up fine from battery, but the puzzling thing is that once it's turned on, I can plug it back into the outlet, and it'll now recognize the AC and begin charging the battery!

Once AC is recognized, everything is great. Provided it remains plugged in, I can shut the system down; I can even power it up again. But! The minute I turn it off and decide to take the power cord out, it will absolutely not turn on again if I plug it back in. The indicator lights will remain dead.

So in short, it's almost as though the laptop needs the battery power to give it that initial boost to start, after which it will feed off AC (even through subsequent on/off cycles, provided it remains plugged in the entire time). But once it is turned off and uplugged, it will not start up again from AC. Only from Battery.... am I making any sense? lol

Even with the battery out, the laptop still doesn't recognize AC flow.

I called Toshiba TechSupport, and they were pretty stumped; said they've never heard of this problem before. Since i bought it recently, it's still under warranty, but I'd rather have this issue resolved without performing major surgery... if possible! Nothing worse than getting a brand new system, only to send it in for an overhaul a few weeks later.

Anyway, thank you for taking the time in reading my novel. If anyone has any suggestions/tips, i would be in your debt!

-Myn