laptop battery wiggin me out

403036387 · 08-27-2008, 02:02 PM

i have a toshiba tecera m4 and it is about a year old. my problem is that the "internal" battery [the one on the bottom] allways reads zero charge when left alone. if i take it out and put it back in, my laptop will recognize it and charge it for about 10-15 minutes, then the display reads zero again and power management says that i have no "battery 1". if i remove it and reinsert it again, it reads as a higher charge, so it was obviously charging along the way. my second battery [slips into the space where the removable cd drive comes out] is allways fine. is there something that i can do to fix this, or is my battery shot?

Madcatz · 08-27-2008, 02:14 PM

could try to uninstall and reinstall the toshiba power software, update your BIOS, or backup your data and use the system recovery discs that came with the computer (it will delete the entire contents of the hard drive and reinstall everything back to the day you pulled it out of the box).

403036387 · 08-27-2008, 02:56 PM

mmmm....unfortunately that's not an option. i got the laptop off ebay and it has all my graphics software on it [creative suite 2] and i didn't get the disks with it. thank you for that suggestion though. is there any settings maybe that i'm not aware of that i could tinker with? i looked for buildup on the power connections but i saw nothing...
this is not a major problem for me because i do have that other battery, but i would like to be able to use my cd drive while i'm on battery power.

**TriggerFinger** · 08-27-2008, 03:33 PM

Looks like your battery is indeed shot. Try it on another Tecra M4 and see how it behaves there. Also try cleaning the contacts.

chinna686 · 08-27-2008, 03:41 PM

hi,

mine is the same problem.I have tecra m2v s310 laptop.whats the think is eventhough it is charged 100%.It will come upto 20 min after that i have to again charge it.Its like if I want to use my laptop I have to continuosly add the power cable to it.I to want the solution.

08-27-2008, 02:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
403036387 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 30 OS: XP, 2000/NT, Mac, DOS	laptop battery wiggin me out i have a toshiba tecera m4 and it is about a year old. my problem is that the "internal" battery [the one on the bottom] allways reads zero charge when left alone. if i take it out and put it back in, my laptop will recognize it and charge it for about 10-15 minutes, then the display reads zero again and power management says that i have no "battery 1". if i remove it and reinsert it again, it reads as a higher charge, so it was obviously charging along the way. my second battery [slips into the space where the removable cd drive comes out] is allways fine. is there something that i can do to fix this, or is my battery shot? __________________ But What Does that have to do with FILMING A PLANT?

08-27-2008, 02:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Madcatz Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,424 OS: XP/7/Server 2008 My System	Re: laptop battery wiggin me out could try to uninstall and reinstall the toshiba power software, update your BIOS, or backup your data and use the system recovery discs that came with the computer (it will delete the entire contents of the hard drive and reinstall everything back to the day you pulled it out of the box).

08-27-2008, 02:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
403036387 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 30 OS: XP, 2000/NT, Mac, DOS	Re: laptop battery wiggin me out mmmm....unfortunately that's not an option. i got the laptop off ebay and it has all my graphics software on it [creative suite 2] and i didn't get the disks with it. thank you for that suggestion though. is there any settings maybe that i'm not aware of that i could tinker with? i looked for buildup on the power connections but i saw nothing... this is not a major problem for me because i do have that other battery, but i would like to be able to use my cd drive while i'm on battery power. __________________ But What Does that have to do with FILMING A PLANT?

08-27-2008, 03:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: laptop battery wiggin me out Looks like your battery is indeed shot. Try it on another Tecra M4 and see how it behaves there. Also try cleaning the contacts. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

08-27-2008, 03:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
chinna686 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: laptop battery wiggin me out hi, mine is the same problem.I have tecra m2v s310 laptop.whats the think is eventhough it is charged 100%.It will come upto 20 min after that i have to again charge it.Its like if I want to use my laptop I have to continuosly add the power cable to it.I to want the solution.