I apologize if this has been answered but I couldn't find a thread that fit what I was working with. Here's what's going on.
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite that I've had for about four years or so. I've been through a few batteries and AC adaptors throughout its life and have never had an issue with them. Just in the past two or three weeks, something weird has been going on.
- When the laptop is on, running and plugged in, the charging light blinks and the icon in the corner goes from just running on battery power + percentage left to percentage left + plugged in not charging.
- When laptop is off/sleeping, it charges without a problem.
- When I attempted to bypass this and just plug it in without a battery and have it run on AC power alone, it won't run more than three minutes, then it shuts down.
- I have already tried the turn it off, take battery and adaptor out, press power for 20-30 seconds and put everything back. Needless to say, it didn't work.
The weird aspects:
- It turns on without a problem and runs like normal. Just can't make it charge while it's on.
- It does charge fully when it is off and the battery life doesn't seem to deplete faster than normal when it runs.
- I have purchased both a new battery and a new power adapter and the problem happens with any combination of new and/or old.
I'm open to any suggestions or help. This is a secondary computer I use mostly for gaming and would really rather not have to spend a ton of money and take it in.
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite that I've had for about four years or so. I've been through a few batteries and AC adaptors throughout its life and have never had an issue with them. Just in the past two or three weeks, something weird has been going on.
- When the laptop is on, running and plugged in, the charging light blinks and the icon in the corner goes from just running on battery power + percentage left to percentage left + plugged in not charging.
- When laptop is off/sleeping, it charges without a problem.
- When I attempted to bypass this and just plug it in without a battery and have it run on AC power alone, it won't run more than three minutes, then it shuts down.
- I have already tried the turn it off, take battery and adaptor out, press power for 20-30 seconds and put everything back. Needless to say, it didn't work.
The weird aspects:
- It turns on without a problem and runs like normal. Just can't make it charge while it's on.
- It does charge fully when it is off and the battery life doesn't seem to deplete faster than normal when it runs.
- I have purchased both a new battery and a new power adapter and the problem happens with any combination of new and/or old.
I'm open to any suggestions or help. This is a secondary computer I use mostly for gaming and would really rather not have to spend a ton of money and take it in.
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