Ok, let's try one more. I'm working on a Toshi M35X Satellite that runs perfectly fine with one small problem. When you turn it on, no matter if it's from the a/c adapter, battery, both, it won't finish posting until you insert the adapter plug, withdraw it from the socket about 1/3-1/2 way, then maybe push it back in before it initializes and the hdd starts up. (you can hear it)
Battery is good, charger charges,only other symptom is it thinks it's on a/c power all the time, even when it's not. I've disabled power management, etc. To get it to finish post and boot up, you've got to put the adapter plug in the ac barrel at least half way, then pull it out a bit. BTW, it doesn't have to be plugged in to work. I mean the a/c adapter doesn't have to provide juice for this to work, it just has to physically be present in the socket.
Any ideas? I'd really appreciate if somebody just said hi even. Thanks in any event.