What are the chances that I, little earth dude would run into two three laptops with unchargeable batteries and power supplies that aren’t strong enough to power the laptop which it is intended to power? This occured with three Toshiba laptops of three people.
If by chance there was only a problem with the battery, it would be reasonable that the battery could be replaced. These laptops are actually crippled beyond the laptops PSU. There seems to be a short in the on board portion of the power supply.
I don’t do electrical work for others as I lack the requisite certification, training and comprehension. I’m not saying that Toshiba is a bad company; they just make crappy laptops. In fact, many companies that are known for production of consumer electronics other than computers and later decided to start a computer division make garbage worthy but otherwise beautiful machines i.e. Sony.
The thing about these companies is that their computer divisions are not the producers of their principle products. One might suggest that since these electronics companies can produce electronics like televisions and stereos of decent quality they should be able to reasonably produce something that has been around as long as a computer. This may be a somewhat logical resolve when considering the production of a desktop; the complexity of a laptop is many times greater than the desktop. Besides what may be obvious concerns like space and heat issues are compounded by the problem of power regulation. In a truly mobile laptop it is desireable to have hardware that has a good balance between low power consumption and performance. The problem of laptop development is further pronounced by the lack of standardization of laptop hardware. There are some standards like that used in storage devices and RAM, the form of external connectors like VGA, Ethernet and USB ports. The major issues of standardization in laptops come in the forms of the form factor of the motherboard, the connection to the display and guess what… the on-board power system.
