battery wont charge

[smack323]

I have never really used a laptop before. I was given one buy a friend she told me it was broken. the battery wont charge. I bought a new battery to replace the old one thinking that was the problem - but when i plug in the power cord it initally starts charging for a minute or so then it stops. i googeled the problem for this model laptop and some people had luck updating the bios. I tried that and now i also lost the wireless adaptor. I installed windows 7, and they didnt have any bios that supported 7 so i uses a Vista bios. i am not sure why this would cause the wireless to not work. Does anyone with more experiance with laptops have any tricks to get the battery to charge? I assume I can roll back the bios somehow to get the wireless working.

[Sporg]

So as far as "power" is concerned, the only thing it does not do is charge the battery, correct? Could you share make and model of the laptop?

[smack323]

correct- wont charge the battery for more than a minute.. ill post the model when i get home.

[smack323]

ok the model is toshiba m105-s3041
for some reason it was working yesterday for about two hours. I plugged it in and it charged the battery to 100% - i unplugged it let it run down a bit plugged it back in and it said it was charging for about 30 seconds. then it went to "plugged in - not charging" like it was doing before. I tried to plug it in a few times and it would keep charging. I replaced the battery so i dont think that is the problem. the cord seems fine because when i plug it in it works fine for a bit- even when it stops charging it still shows its plugged in. what sucks is that it still drains battery when its plugged in also.

oh yeah i also updated to the newest Bios for that model also. and i was able to get the wi-fi working again also