Recent content by kspeed55

This probably will be my final post on this subject. I want to thank everyone for their input and update what has happened since my last post. I was away in January and the computer was unplugged for eight days. On return I found the battery to be completely dead confirming that there hasn’t...

I called Toshiba again today just to see if there was any hope of getting an answer to my question. You are going to love this! The technician first told me that the battery would completely discharge in one day. I asked him numerous times what the computer is doing when shut off that uses so...

Thank you both for this information. Unfortunately this negates a lot of the usefulness of a notebook computer if you have to plug it in most of the time. Interestingly enough, the manual says to NOT leave it plugged in all of the time. This brings up the question, is there any to disable...

Toshiba says it does and that is why my Portege battery loses charge when in the computer is not used for a few days but stays fully charged when I remove the batter for the same length of time. For instance, the battery was completely dead (computer wouldn’t turn on) when not used for 9 days...