Date: 03/18/06 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

Hi there. I'm getting really fed up with my laptop. It's a Toshiba Satellite L25-S119, purchased at CompUSA around Christmas of '05. Bad brand + bad store = bad computer. I didn't have a say in the matter, unfortunately.

What this thing does is... well, how to explain... it randomly decides to stop recognizing that it's plugged into a power source and starts running on battery power.

The first time this happened in January, I didn't notice it was on battery power until it was too late. The computer went into hibernation and would not come out of it no matter what I did. I took it to CompUSA for repairs and they couldn't figure out what's wrong with it, so they shipped it to Toshiba. The aforementioned idiots determined that it wasn't a problem with the battery or adapter (as I thought), but rather with the motherboard. Hooray. Nearly 2 months later (after being promised 2 weeks at most), I get it back and it works. Whoopee. This was in mid-February.

Now it's March, I've only had the thing back for a month, and it starts pulling the same crap again. It'll recognize that it's plugged in sometimes if I unplug it and then plug it back in. Also, it seems to 'dislike' being in certain positions. For example, it forgets it's plugged in when I pick it up, but when I set it back down it starts charging again. Also the battery indicator light is glowing yellow, even though the battery is 100% charged and when the battery is full it's supposed to glow green.

I can get it to charge if I put it at sort of an angle. But as you can imagine that's hard to do when I'm trying to use it. :/

Any ideas what the problem could be? X-posted at computertalk. Thanks.

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