Toshiba Satellite A70 Notebook "power off" Questions

...power off completely following a Windows Vista Shutdown. The only way I can get it to power off is to remove the battery. When I put the battery back in it remains powered off. hold the power button ...

...Power off and remove the battery. If the laptop powers on with just the adapter connected, your battery is faulty. If you move/wiggle the power adapter at the point where it connects to the laptop, ...

...off. Power button trick, pluged the battery in, The led light for the battery was on. Hit the power button, same results. Flicker than no power. When its just the battery pluged in, It will flicker ...

...off the Power Cord then either your Power Cord is bad or the DC Power Jack where the power cord plugs into the laptop is bad.  In either case a good battery will not charge if the power cord or ...

...Power off and remove the battery. If the laptop powers on with just the adapter connected, your battery is faulty. If you move/wiggle the power adapter at the point where it connects to the laptop, ...

...Power off and remove the battery. If the laptop powers on with just the adapter connected, your battery is faulty. If you move/wiggle the power adapter at the point where it connects to the laptop, ...

...off but connected to the power supply. I can wiggle the power connector where it plugs in to the back of the computer and usually get the lights back on. I suspect a loose connection with the female ...

...Power off and remove the battery. If the laptop powers on with just the adapter connected, your battery is faulty. If you move/wiggle the power adapter at the point where it connects to the laptop, ...

...Power off and remove the battery. If the laptop powers on with just the adapter connected, your battery is faulty. If you move/wiggle the power adapter at the point where it connects to the laptop, ...

...off in exactly 60 seconds. Does this with or without memory and/or HDD. Also with or without power supply and/or battery. Heat sink clean, reseated CPU, new thermal compound, reset BIOS to defaults, ...