On-off switch on my Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop not working properly

I have a Toshiba Satellite M45-S169 laptop less than 3 years old. My issue is the on-off switch in the upper left hand corner will not turn on without some effort to push the switch sideways, up or anything but the normal procedure to turn it on. Once on, the computer has no issues, so [...]

Laptop went into hibernation and now it will not power up

While showing a presentation a few days ago my laptop went into hibernating and shut down. AC plugged in. When attempted to power back on nothing happened. LED lights on front panel blink but power LED does not. My laptop is HP Pavillion dv5000. Probably the power (AC) adapter is dead. I think your power [...]

My Satellite A105 laptop registers power only when I jiggle the port

I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S4284 laptop. It is not showing that it is connected to the power cord. When I jiggle the port it registers. It seems loose. It doesn’t have warranty. I took it in to best buy and they think my motherboard needs replaced. Please help if possible… First of all, this [...]

Battery discharges while my laptop is connected to AC power

Once battery in my laptop is partially discharged and connected to the AC Power, it starts charging and then somewhere down the line, the laptop suspends with the ‘battery low’ pop up. When I bring it out of suspension, it shows the battery completely depleted, for whatever reason. Then, the second I power down, the [...]

Toshiba Satellite M65 power jack problem

I viewed your photos on disassembling a Toshiba Satellite M65 series laptop and found a problem that I have not been able to get the Toshiba techs to assist me in regarding the DC jack. My jack is exactly as appears in your photos. The problem is the white connector on the board containing the [...]

The power plug on Acer Aspire would need to be fiddled with in order to work

I had a power problem with my Acer Aspire 5102 laptop. The power plug would need to be fiddled with in order to work, once you found the right spot it would work great. For about a week that worked, then it got harder. It’d take twice as long to find the sweet spot, then [...]

Power problem with Acer Aspire 9110 laptop

I bought Acer Aspire 9110 laptop just over a year ago and cost enough! I’m experiencing a power problem – constantly having wriggle the cable in the socket to get mains power. Tried another tested (and working) adapter with same issue. It seems nobody has found a solution so does it look like a sending [...]

I have a HP Pavilion ze4325 notebook that will not turn on

I have a HP Pavilion ze4325 notebook that will not turn on. The AC adapter has been checked out as good and the AC power light comes on but the notebook will not turn on with AC or battery. No sound, no power on light, nothing. Any ideas as to what might be wrong? I [...]

Laptop shut down by itself while working. Since then it is dead and doesn’t power up.

My Toshiba laptop shut down by itself while working. All light indicators were out. clicking the power button did not help. After few minutes, I pressed the power button, the laptop came on but shut down again after few moment. Since then it is dead and does not power up. Any idea what could be [...]

How can open Toshiba EA60 case and get to the power jack on the mother board?

Without warning my Toshiba EA60-199 laptop has gone dead.  Basically it will not power up, with power supply plugged in there is no power light up, and the power supply gives out a very faint whistling noise?? I have tried a new power supply and that too whistles. A local PC shop suspects the mother [...]