I have a older Toshiba laptop that now has a dead battery. I can no longer get the laptop to power up using the adapter/charger.

Is this normal? Does my battery need to have some juice left in it in order to run my computer using the adapter/charger?

Any and all advice helping me correct the problem would be much appreciated.

Thank you

You'll forgive me (I hope) if I refer you to my response to this post: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Cmos-Battery...iew=getlastpost (saves me re-writing it).

I have a older Toshiba laptop that now has a dead battery. I can no longer get the laptop to power up using the adapter/charger.

Is this normal? Does my battery need to have some juice left in it in order to run my computer using the adapter/charger?

Any and all advice helping me correct the problem would be much appreciated.

Thank you

this is not normal, all laptops perfectly run without a battery if connected to their charger, use a multimeter to see which voltage is going out of it.

this is not normal, all laptops perfectly run without a battery if connected to their charger, use a multimeter to see which voltage is going out of it.

I've come across a few that won't run with a dead battery installed (ran ok with the battery removed) and a (very) few that won't run without a battery installed (an old IBM IIRC).

If you've not already tried, take the battery out and see if it runs, does your power brick have a light, does it come on?