Alright, so I've got an old Toshiba L455-S5008 that seems to be having issues with power.
Now sometime last night out of nowhere I noticed when I detached my laptop from the power cord it just shut off. No warnings, or anything. So I plug it back in (As it wouldn't boot) and it comes back on. I noticed that the led indicating the battery was charging flashed for a second then went off.
So I proceeded to check on the problem. I tried removing the battery, keeping it out for 30 seconds. Even used another battery (Same model) only to find the same problem. The AC cord would push power to the PC but not charge the battery.
Add to it windows 7 begins telling me that I should replace my battery (regardless of which of the 3 batteries I use.)
So I decided to check the AC adapter, and suddenly even then it wouldn't start up. Worked on the other laptops, just not this one... So now on top of not being able to charge batteries... My laptop can only be powered by this one specific cord.
What could be wrong here? And what approximate cost will it be to replace? (So I know if I just need to junk this thing and not worry about it anymore.)
Now sometime last night out of nowhere I noticed when I detached my laptop from the power cord it just shut off. No warnings, or anything. So I plug it back in (As it wouldn't boot) and it comes back on. I noticed that the led indicating the battery was charging flashed for a second then went off.
So I proceeded to check on the problem. I tried removing the battery, keeping it out for 30 seconds. Even used another battery (Same model) only to find the same problem. The AC cord would push power to the PC but not charge the battery.
Add to it windows 7 begins telling me that I should replace my battery (regardless of which of the 3 batteries I use.)
So I decided to check the AC adapter, and suddenly even then it wouldn't start up. Worked on the other laptops, just not this one... So now on top of not being able to charge batteries... My laptop can only be powered by this one specific cord.
What could be wrong here? And what approximate cost will it be to replace? (So I know if I just need to junk this thing and not worry about it anymore.)