Hi Steven,
}- It's definitely on the battery. In fact the laptop came with
}- two batteries and each has the same little sliding switch.
}- Problem is: after spending several hours recharging a battery
}- (LED goes from red to yellow/green), it only runs the laptop
}- for a minute or two before I get the low battery signal.
}- Something is wrong here. I suppose both batteries could be
}- dead. But I'm guessing that I'm doing something wrong.
}- Perhaps the little sliding switch on the battery needs to be
}- in a particular position for the battery to charge?
Yes, unless the battery is "locked" in place it will not charge
properly. To get it to charge you need to put the battery in
place and slide the switch until no red is showing. This locks
it in place so that the contacts are making contact, as it were.
<grin>
Also FYI:
With all three of my Toshiba laptops the machine must be *off*
and the power supply must be plugged into the wall socket for the
battery to charge.
Don't forget the fact that ni-cad batteries develop a "memory"
very quickly and can get on a "short cycle." For best preformance
they should be "run down" completely before recharging. My first
2 Toshibas were used, and both had batteries had very short
cycles when I first got them. What I did was lock the battery
in place and charge it over night. Then the next day I ran the
machine on battery only until it was completely run down, and let
it sit another day (as you probably know ni-cads discharge
whether you use them or not) just to make sure it was fully
discharged. Then I charged it over night again, and that got rid
of the short cycle and they held their charge for the time they
were supposed to according to the specs. I have known a lot of
people who had trouble with Toshibas and batteries and the vast
majority of them just didn't know the battery had developed a
memory and was on a short cycle. My first two Toshibas, the
T1000 and the T1850 had 4 hour batteries, and since yours in a
1200, I suspect that it is probably very similar.
If nothing else, also remember that ni-cads do wear out and get
to the point where they won't take a charge any more, but this
takes a long, *long* time in my experience, so make sure they are
really dead and won't take a charge anymore before you give up.
If the battery is locked in place and you charge it over night
and it should be fully charged bu morning.
Hope this helps,
Boanne
PS- Sorry to be the one who has the answer to your question and
there-by spoil your whole day. Let by-gones be by-gones.
There's no hard feelings here.
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