Providing ICT support services to individuals gives me the opportunity to come across some laptops you would easily categorize as ancient because of their rugged design, bulky / heavy frame and outdated connection ports (Serial port, RJ11 Port etc).
Upon close inspection and review of system specification – I’m often impressed by the processing power, RAM and battery life of some of these machines manufactured in the early 2000’s. Some are even able to run the latest Microsoft operating system (Windows 10) without compatibility issues.
One of such powerful but old piece of hardware i recently had an encounter with is the Toshiba Equium L300-148.
As they get older, internal components tend to fail more often. Some easily replaceable, others – not so much.
TOSHIBA EQUIUM L300 SHUTS DOWN SUDDENLY IF POWER CORD IS PLUGGED.
Strange as this problem may seem – The solutions is even more strange.
Using the Laptop without the power cable plugged in works just fine. If the Power cable is plugged in to charge, laptop instantly trips off. All unsaved work will be lost.
An easy fix for this would be to always ensure that the power cable is plugged in before using the laptop but i’m here to offer a more permanent solution to the Old Toshiba Laptop power problem.
The steps described to help you resolve the problem can be attempted by anyone without doing any damage to your laptop but i would recommend you show it to a tech-savvy person to make more sense of it all.
SOLUTION TO TOSHIBA EQUIUM SHUTDOWN ISSUE
- Boot your Laptop in SAFE MODE: Windows 7 users can easily reboot their computer and press F8 key repeatedly at POST screen and you will be presented with the selective startup option to boot in safe mode.
Windows 8 or 10 users can try F8 too but if it fails to boot into safemode, hold the SHIFT key and click RESTART.
You will be presented with the windows recovery options, select advanced and choose the option for selective startup / safe mode. - Open DEVICE MANAGER:When successfully in safe mode, Navigate to: Control Panel > Device manager.
You an also easily find device manager by typing it into Start menu. - Disable all Processors:Expand the list under Processors and right-click on each processor to deactivate both on the list.
If you can’t find the DEACTIVATE option when you right click on a processor in device manager, it’s most likely because you failed to Boot into Safe Mode. - Plug in Power Cable: Restart the computer and try to plug in the power cable while laptop is one.
The sudden shutdown problem should have been fixed now.
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