When disconnected laptop closes down but battery reading shows good

There is possibly a button jammed into the keyboard section of the laptop, under the screen (usually). Try and see if you can release it, this shuts off the power when the screen is closed.

boot problems

A200 series laptops are very good normally but don't boot up if there is a device in the USB slot or a CD/DVD in the drive.
If it still refuses to POST, remove the AC Adapter, remove the battery and remove the hard drive.
Power the unit up without the hard drive and it should complete POST and complain that there is no hard drive. If that doesn't work remove AC adapter, ensure battery is disconnected and remove hard drive and RAM. Try again. If it still doesn't work, you have a mother board fault and it needs a service centre. www.Toshiba.com will help you out.
If it does work at one of the options, when you have closed the laptop down, replace the RAM first and test, then the Hard Drive.

When working download updated BIOS from Toshiba.com
Hope this fixes your problem.

Shut down the laptop. Disconnect the power cable, close the LCD screen, and place it face down Push down on the battery, and slide it to the left & Lift it out of its compartment,

Grip the black tab from the hard drive. Slide the hard drive to the left and up, Remove the three screws from the top edge of the laptop on the bottom casing. Flip the laptop over, and open the LCD. Press down the "Insert" key, and then insert a flat-head r into the right side of the button panel between the keyboard and LCD screen. Pry up the button panel. Do not remove it from the laptop completely.

Remove the four screws from behind the top row of keyboard keys. Lift the keyboard out, Disconnect it

Close the LCD, and place the laptop face down. Remove the screws securing the RAM and wifi card cover. Disconnect the two antenna cables from the card. Remove the single screws,

Place the laptop face up, and open the LCD. Locate the LCD cable from the left side,. Disconnect the cable from the motherboard.

Remove the two screws from each LCD hinge. Lift the LCD screen panel off of the laptop,.

Remove the remaining 11 screws.

Locate the track pad ZIF cable above the track pad area & Disconnect

My guess is that something "bad" happened (electrical surge???) when you first disconnected it.

Your only option is to assume that the USB-to-disk-drive adapter inside the casing has failed. So, open the case, remove the disk-drive, and connect the disk-drive to another computer, and see if the drive itself is still "readable". If so, copy all the files, onto the other computer, or burn some DVD disks.

First disconnect the battery overnight just to make sure the battery is not self discharging......if it's dead or down in charge while disconnected....time for a new one.
Now.....if the battery is good....disconnect one battery cable and place a 12 volt test light between the cable and the battery post the cable had just been attached to. A bright light means a drain in the car.
Your job is to remove one fuse at a time until the light dims.
A dim light is OK...clock memory etc.
Remember....a open car door is a drain......the dome light.....so keep them closed while pulling fuses.
Also....if the fuses don't show a drain......disconnect ALL wires from the alternator....there could be a drain there.
Just keep disconnecting one thing at a time until the light goes out or dims.

Yes the drain is from there.

Your power management in Windows is corrupted. I would do a system restore to an earlier date.
1.
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Restore.
2.
On the Welcome screen, click Restore my computer to an earlier time, and then click Next.
3.
On the Select a Restore Point page, select the date from the calendar that shows the point you'd like to restore to, as shown in Figure 2, and then click Next.

Figure 2
4.
On the Confirm Restore Point Selection page, verify that the correct restore point is chosen, and then close any open programs.
5.
Click Next if you are ready to proceed or click Back to change the restore point.
6.
The computer will shut down automatically and reboot. On reboot, you'll see the Restoration Complete page, and then click OK.

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Thanks, Joe

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ok you need to replace the battery or you may have a fault with the laptop itself.

another thing you make is a virus.

Did you try Last Known Good Configuration?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307852

try this if ur notebook shows a little sign of life....


or else
1. unplug the laptop
2.take out the battery
3.hold down the power button for 20 seconds (doing this drains any excess power fron the unit)
4.put battery back in
5.plug in laptop
6.try to turn it on

All the best

Have a nice day!
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Yes that was the cmos battery, I'll see if I can find a better solution for this issue for you.