Comments on: Toshiba Satellite A70 Power Problems

By: nigel smith

nigel smith — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:52:31 +0000

if you have problems with the a70 not running and charging at same time it may just be your using wrong charger as these require about 19v 6.4 amps i had same problem till i got the correct one but have since caused mayhem by using a boggy charger that arced out and i think it has fried the power connector on m/b or the charge circuit has bit the dust

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:07:41 +0000

ScottS-M You asked “My only worry would be yanking the cord and watching my laptop fall on the floor. They’ve worked well for you?”

The guys in the repair business I have talked to tell me that 9 times out of 10 if you yank the cord hard enough to put the laptop on the floor it’s also going to trash the power pin or connector in the process. So far the jerkstopper is working great on both of our systems (my wife uses it on her MagSafe Mac for the same reason Leo LaPorte does).

By: gibson

gibson — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:54:28 +0000

In regards to the last message…

I think I got it figured out now. I reformatted and so far so good….though i’m not sure the battery is charging right but thats ok, so long as everything else works good! Thanks!

By: gibson

gibson — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:59:32 +0000

Hi again, Scott.

Long story short: I replaced the jack on the motherboard, everything worked fine after putting it all back together and firing it up a couple times.(toshiba a75) Now it fires up, but won’t go into windows. I get the red toshiba start up thingy, but nothing else. The screen then goes black and the laptop stays running. I’m not sure what the heck I did to it. Any thoughts?

By: ScottS-M

ScottS-M — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:37:45 +0000

@val20098
If it really is the same problem then you need to find a new technician. It’s not that hard a fix.