Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2004-04-04 Thread steve burnett
Hi Elizabeth   I am having very similar problems with a Toshiba 4030CDS. It only comes on for a second, you can hear the hard disc start then turns itself off. Did you manage to fix your problem?   Regards Steve Burnett

Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2004-04-04 Thread steve burnett
Hi Elizabeth   I am having very similar problems with a Toshiba 4030CDS. It only comes on for a second, you can hear the hard disc start then turns itself off. Did you manage to fix your problem?   Regards Steve Burnett

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2004-01-02 Thread etb
Bud writes: > Elizabeth - Did replacing the batteries fix your start-up problem? > I have an identical machine with a seemingly identical problem. I > have measured the voltages on the batteries and they seem ok. I > also checked the SUB battery under load and it seems ok. My "big" > battery is t

Re: Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2004-01-02 Thread Bud Berges
Elizabeth - Did replacing the batteries fix your start-up problem?  I have an identical machine with a seemingly identical problem. I have measured the voltages on the batteries and they seem ok.  I also checked the SUB battery under load and it seems ok. My "big" battery is toast, but the m

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2004-01-02 Thread etb
Bud writes: > Elizabeth - Did replacing the batteries fix your start-up problem? > I have an identical machine with a seemingly identical problem. I > have measured the voltages on the batteries and they seem ok. I > also checked the SUB battery under load and it seems ok. My "big" > battery is t

Re: Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2004-01-02 Thread Bud Berges
Elizabeth - Did replacing the batteries fix your start-up problem?  I have an identical machine with a seemingly identical problem. I have measured the voltages on the batteries and they seem ok.  I also checked the SUB battery under load and it seems ok. My "big" battery is toast, but the m

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-08 Thread Elizabeth Barham
The Toshiba Satellite T1910CS Laptop's CMOS/RAM Battery with Ni-MH 4K3 markings is available from: http://www.batterysavings.com/site/1/Product/7/245/994914/B-453/1/a.aspx >From that page: Chemistry NiMH Original Amp 0.6 Volts 1.2 AmpHours 0.8 Description Cylindrica

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-08 Thread Elizabeth Barham
The Toshiba Satellite T1910CS Laptop's CMOS/RAM Battery with Ni-MH 4K3 markings is available from: http://www.batterysavings.com/site/1/Product/7/245/994914/B-453/1/a.aspx >From that page: Chemistry NiMH Original Amp 0.6 Volts 1.2 AmpHours 0.8 Description Cylindrica

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-05 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Yves writes: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham > wrote: > > The theory here is that because the old CMOS battery was > > not plugged in for sometime and then plugged in, the > > computer sensed it had some electricity and so booted-up. > > But after a little while plugge

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-05 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Yves writes: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham > wrote: > > The theory here is that because the old CMOS battery was > > not plugged in for sometime and then plugged in, the > > computer sensed it had some electricity and so booted-up. > > But after a little while plugge

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-05 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > The theory here is that because the old CMOS battery was > not plugged in for sometime and then plugged in, the > computer sensed it had some electricity and so booted-up. > But after a little while plugged in, the computer drained

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-05 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > The theory here is that because the old CMOS battery was > not plugged in for sometime and then plugged in, the > computer sensed it had some electricity and so booted-up. > But after a little while plugged in, the computer drained

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-03 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Bill writes: > Batteries can fail in different ways. I replaced both the batteries > in my Toshiba when I had to reset the date every time I rebooted. Hi Bill, Thank you for your input. I replaced the RTC battery with a battery from that battery-only place. Its part number is ML2430-WR.

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-03 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Bill writes: > Batteries can fail in different ways. I replaced both the batteries > in my Toshiba when I had to reset the date every time I rebooted. Hi Bill, Thank you for your input. I replaced the RTC battery with a battery from that battery-only place. Its part number is ML2430-WR.

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-03 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:48:45AM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Elizabeth wrote: > > >Anyway, I tried re-starting the computer without this battery but > it is still behaving the same way. On one other computer, a desktop, > removing the dead CMOS battery allowed the machine to boot up as

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-03 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:48:45AM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Elizabeth wrote: > > >Anyway, I tried re-starting the computer without this battery but > it is still behaving the same way. On one other computer, a desktop, > removing the dead CMOS battery allowed the machine to boot up as

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-03 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Elizabeth wrote: >But I am unaware of any other internal battery. Do you know where > it may be located and what it may look like? It is a silver, disc battery enclosed in a plastic encasing that presses two leads up tight against the battery. This battery is located under the top circuit

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-02 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Elizabeth wrote: >But I am unaware of any other internal battery. Do you know where > it may be located and what it may look like? It is a silver, disc battery enclosed in a plastic encasing that presses two leads up tight against the battery. This battery is located under the top circuit

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-02 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Bill writes: > It could be that one of the two internal batteries has gone bad. Hi Bill, Thank you for your reply. I am aware of one internal battery which I suppose is the CMOS battery. It is housed in a convenient location for replacement (right under the keyboard near the hard disk dri

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-02 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Bill writes: > It could be that one of the two internal batteries has gone bad. Hi Bill, Thank you for your reply. I am aware of one internal battery which I suppose is the CMOS battery. It is housed in a convenient location for replacement (right under the keyboard near the hard disk dri

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-02 Thread Bill Marcum
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:34:04PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Hi, > >I'm having a strange problem with my T1910CS laptop in that it is > having difficulty powering on. Symptoms: > > 1) When the AC Adapter is used, the green DC-IN light is steady, >which means its okay, but >

Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-02 Thread Bill Marcum
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:34:04PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Hi, > >I'm having a strange problem with my T1910CS laptop in that it is > having difficulty powering on. Symptoms: > > 1) When the AC Adapter is used, the green DC-IN light is steady, >which means its okay, but >

Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-02 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Hi, I'm having a strange problem with my T1910CS laptop in that it is having difficulty powering on. Symptoms: 1) When the AC Adapter is used, the green DC-IN light is steady, which means its okay, but +) If the battery is in, or +) I try to start it (see 2),

Toshiba T1910CS power problem

2003-09-02 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Hi, I'm having a strange problem with my T1910CS laptop in that it is having difficulty powering on. Symptoms: 1) When the AC Adapter is used, the green DC-IN light is steady, which means its okay, but +) If the battery is in, or +) I try to start it (see 2),