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Laptop battery won't charge after Vista installed
I loaded Vista RC1 Build 5600 on my Toshiba Satellite laptop a few days ago.
Everything seemed to be running fine. The power management icon was running is the systray and I thought it indicated the laptop was plugged in to AC with 100% power and was set in the "Normal" mode. I did not shut the computer down overnight to let the antivirus and tune-up programs run and figured it would go to sleep when they finished. In the morning, when I tried to start the computer, the first screen indicated that the laptop had shut down when it was low on power. I had just enough battery left to discover that it is not registering being plugged in to AC and then it shut down again. I have tested my AC adaptor with a multi-meter and it is operating properly. My battery is almost new and worked fine prior to changing to Vista. Could there be some driver missing? I thought the battery charger would be independent of the software (at least when the computer is off). Any ideas? I cannot start the computer to try and update any drivers. Any help is much appreciated. |
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Laptop battery won't charge after Vista installed
Pop the battery out, plug in the AC adapter, see if you can start up the
laptop. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Swanie" wrote in message ... I loaded Vista RC1 Build 5600 on my Toshiba Satellite laptop a few days ago. Everything seemed to be running fine. The power management icon was running is the systray and I thought it indicated the laptop was plugged in to AC with 100% power and was set in the "Normal" mode. I did not shut the computer down overnight to let the antivirus and tune-up programs run and figured it would go to sleep when they finished. In the morning, when I tried to start the computer, the first screen indicated that the laptop had shut down when it was low on power. I had just enough battery left to discover that it is not registering being plugged in to AC and then it shut down again. I have tested my AC adaptor with a multi-meter and it is operating properly. My battery is almost new and worked fine prior to changing to Vista. Could there be some driver missing? I thought the battery charger would be independent of the software (at least when the computer is off). Any ideas? I cannot start the computer to try and update any drivers. Any help is much appreciated. |
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Laptop battery won't charge after Vista installed
"Swanie" wrote in message
... I loaded Vista RC1 Build 5600 on my Toshiba Satellite laptop a few days ago. Everything seemed to be running fine. The power management icon was running is the systray and I thought it indicated the laptop was plugged in to AC with 100% power and was set in the "Normal" mode. I did not shut the computer down overnight to let the antivirus and tune-up programs run and figured it would go to sleep when they finished. In the morning, when I tried to start the computer, the first screen indicated that the laptop had shut down when it was low on power. I had just enough battery left to discover that it is not registering being plugged in to AC and then it shut down again. I have tested my AC adaptor with a multi-meter and it is operating properly. My battery is almost new and worked fine prior to changing to Vista. Could there be some driver missing? I thought the battery charger would be independent of the software (at least when the computer is off). Any ideas? I cannot start the computer to try and update any drivers. Any help is much appreciated. With the computer off I would expect the charger to charge the computer regardless of the OS or any drivers it may have. It sounds like you have an issue between the charger and your laptop. This connection is often a failure point. Try moving the plug around a bit in the socket and see if the charging light comes on on your laptop. Regards, Bob Headrick |
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