it's been a couple days now and the battery is in my toshiba L305 but the battery icon still reads 0% and once unplugged, the computer shuts off.
1546763
If the battery is not charging you either have a problem with your laptop or the battery is defective. Was your battery charging before you replaced it with this new one?
1546764
If this is an old battery replace it. If this is a new replacement battery, my guess is defective battery, because charging must be working. Laptop works until charger is unpluged.
1546765
Just received this battery today and DOA. Should have some charge on arrival, but this on didn't. Have been charging it for a couple of hours and still zero. Will return. At least won't have to pay shipping.
1546766
The "new" battery lasted about a week before it completely failed...junk. Amazon was kind enough to give me a refund.
21054
You may want to contact the seller. I didnt have such issues. You may have already done this, but to double check unplug the power cord just to make sure the battery is working.
519558
Well, the battery does work above zero & it was cheap. Not a factory standard but it could be that my laptop lived with zero Power so long that it's the computer glitch not the replacement. Who knows!
2033166
You probably have it set for zero after changing your battery. You need to fool around with it a bit and will probably discover it was off. Of course unless it's actually defective but both mine have worked without a problem but I too had to replace a battery and it turns off. Hope this helps.
1577558
no idea. the computer might not recognize it. i have a feeling thats what happened with mine and thats why i cant get a full charge
1365281
I would like to know myself..When my battery arrived it wasn't even charged...Charged it for over 24 hours before my screen would even come up, so I could log on! Then the battery went dead again! If I have to keep charging it for 24 hours, each time I need to use my laptop, my only alternative is to send it bk, request a refund and purchase from the store I bought from, before this! This product is anything but Superior Choice!!
1910573
I doubt if its the battery, it may still be Ok. Li-ion batteries need to be initially conditioned by deep discharging a few times followed by fully charging back up. Just make sure you don't discharge lower than 7%. I leave my laptop pluged-in and allowed to sleep whenever I'm not using it. Every once in a while I unplug and let it run the battery down and then re-charge it. This is what it's made to do. If yours wont do this then contact the seller for replacement.
692765
Amy I have always had it plug into the power supply , what I can do is check it like that and see how long the battery last and let you know . I am on work right now and will give you a reply when I do so.
1410642
I have a Toshiba A505 laptop with the PA3727U-1BRS battery. I have had the laptop for 2 years 8 months. When new I was getting a full 8 hours from the battery. Now 2 years and 8 months later I am down to 4 hours and a red flashing X over the battery icon telling asking me to consider buying a new battery. I have found them as low as $70.00 and up.
786284
It says 94% available but there is zero battery life. Computer shuts down immediately if not connected to electrical outlet
128946
I have owned this computer for about one year now and keep it plugged in MOST of the time. When I unplug it I do not notice any reduction in battery life.
1679326
The battery i bought is labeled Dell and it fits and powers the laptop up, but since i put it in the machine has been freezing up. The only way to get it going again has been to take the battery out and reboot. It could be a total coincidence, but the problem started when the battery was switched out. But, i needed a new battery to use it at all so i didnt have much choice. I know this is not perfect advice, but it is all i can offer.
1066644
I would expect a few hours for a full charge. What indicators do you have of battery level? There are indicators on the bottom of many packs. Push the button and see how many lights show. Also, if you are using your computer heavily with screen at full brightness, a lot of the juice will go into running the laptop. There won't be much left to recharge the battery. You might try putting it aside to sleep for an hour and checking back later. Of course, if the battery is bad or the calibration is way off, that is another thing. If you charge a sleeping computer all night and only get 30 minutes of use before it's dead again, that's not good. There are ways to address that but someone else may know off the top of their head.
1272725
I don't know, my problem is apparently not the battery but a flaw in the circuitry that should uses power but notifies me that the battery is low. The new battery didn't change anything and after talking to Dell I resolved to never buy another Dell product.
1152913
We had the same problem with this battery. When the battery was plugged in the laptop got no power and wouldn't even turn on when plugged in to AC. The laptop worked fine with no battery or with the old dead battery, but not with the "new" one. We had to return it for a refund.
1165604
With only the info you provided, I believe the battery in the laptop dead, very dead. An external power source cannot fix that!
2067110
Not sure about the low voltage shut off, but I never disconnected mine, just shut it off, had no issues with a low or dead battery.