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From: Mike De Petris on 23 Apr 2010 16:00 I have a Toshiba Satellite A205 - S4777 that works perfect while on battery, but the instance i plug the charger in, it freezes. First i thought it was a Vista-Toshiba issue but only to discover that even in BIOS it freezes instantly when the charger is plugged in. When the laptop is off, any attempt to power it on while the charger is plugged in, results only in a flicker of the power led. I tried different chargers, ANY possible power options combinations in Vista and Win7. If I boot from battery and enter Windows Safe Mode, or Hiren's boot CD, or WinXP mini all works fine even if I connect the power cord, where normal Windows and BIOS freeze istantly. I'm even thing of giving current directly by the battery contacts... may this be possible? Any help or advice on possible causes or solution to this issue would be grateful. Thank you :)
From: hr(bob) hofmann on 24 Apr 2010 00:06 On Apr 23, 3:00 pm, Mike De Petris <mikedepet...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have a Toshiba Satellite A205 - S4777 that works perfect while on > battery, but the instance i plug the charger in, it freezes. First i > thought it was a Vista-Toshiba issue but only to discover that even in > BIOS it freezes instantly when the charger is plugged in. When the > laptop is off, any attempt to power it on while the charger is plugged > in, results only in a flicker of the power led. > I tried different chargers, ANY possible power options combinations in > Vista and Win7. > > If I boot from battery and enter Windows Safe Mode, or Hiren's boot > CD, or WinXP mini all works fine even if I connect the power cord, > where normal Windows and BIOS freeze istantly. > > I'm even thing of giving current directly by the battery contacts... > may this be possible? > > Any help or advice on possible causes or solution to this issue would > be grateful. Thank you :) What do you mean by freezing, there are devices sold that either heat or cool, but those are normally sold as refrigerators and heaters. Do you mean the mouse stops moving, or what????
From: Mike De Petris on 24 Apr 2010 00:39 On Apr 24, 6:06 am, "hr(bob) hofm...(a)att.net" <hrhofm...(a)att.net> wrote: > On Apr 23, 3:00 pm, Mike De Petris <mikedepet...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have a Toshiba Satellite A205 - S4777 that works perfect while on > > battery, but the instance i plug the charger in, it freezes. First i > > thought it was a Vista-Toshiba issue but only to discover that even in > > BIOS it freezes instantly when the charger is plugged in. When the > > laptop is off, any attempt to power it on while the charger is plugged > > in, results only in a flicker of the power led. > > I tried different chargers, ANY possible power options combinations in > > Vista and Win7. > > > If I boot from battery and enter Windows Safe Mode, or Hiren's boot > > CD, or WinXP mini all works fine even if I connect the power cord, > > where normal Windows and BIOS freeze istantly. > > > I'm even thing of giving current directly by the battery contacts... > > may this be possible? > > > Any help or advice on possible causes or solution to this issue would > > be grateful. Thank you :) > > What do you mean by freezing, there are devices sold that either heat > or cool, but those are normally sold as refrigerators and heaters. Do > you mean the mouse stops moving, or what???? yes the computer stops working, hangs.
From: Bennett Price on 24 Apr 2010 13:13 If the charger is not plugged into the wall when you insert it into your Toshiba, does the PC hang? I'm thinking the socket in the Toshiba may be shorting out in some fashion when a plug, dead or alive, is inserted. On 4/23/2010 1:00 PM, Mike De Petris wrote: > I have a Toshiba Satellite A205 - S4777 that works perfect while on > battery, but the instance i plug the charger in, it freezes. First i > thought it was a Vista-Toshiba issue but only to discover that even in > BIOS it freezes instantly when the charger is plugged in. When the > laptop is off, any attempt to power it on while the charger is plugged > in, results only in a flicker of the power led. > I tried different chargers, ANY possible power options combinations in > Vista and Win7. > > If I boot from battery and enter Windows Safe Mode, or Hiren's boot > CD, or WinXP mini all works fine even if I connect the power cord, > where normal Windows and BIOS freeze istantly. > > I'm even thing of giving current directly by the battery contacts... > may this be possible? > > Any help or advice on possible causes or solution to this issue would > be grateful. Thank you :)
From: Mike De Petris on 24 Apr 2010 13:42
On Apr 24, 7:13 pm, Bennett Price <bjpr...(a)cal.berkeley.edu> wrote: > If the charger is not plugged into the wall when you insert it into your > Toshiba, does the PC hang? I'm thinking the socket in the Toshiba may > be shorting out in some fashion when a plug, dead or alive, is inserted. no, I tried keeping the charged plugged into the notebook with mains disconnected, and it works normally with battery, hang occurs as soon as I connect the charger to the mains |