Tecra M4 - dead battery - is this a BIOS or firmware problem?

Hi all

I'm on a Toshiba * Tecra M4 * model * PTM40E-01L01RGR * Bios version * 3.5. *
From one day to the other, the battery is completely dead - this means time battery falls about 2 hours to zero in one day.
Now, the battery may not be chanrged no more - it's as if there is none installed.
So no start no power no power cord and if you unplug the phone cord is switched off immediately.

From my experience if availability of battery becomes slowly shorter and shorter the battery is old or fails. But if she doesn't have a function from one day to the other, I'd say it's a typical problem of firmware or bios.

Is there an update of the firmware or bios Tecra M4 (support page SAIS not - last date is 3.5 installed) or is it a software patch or solution that I can use to recover the battery live?

Thanks for the help!

Michael

Hello

All new BIOS updates are published on the European driver Toshiba page.
If you use the latest version of the BIOS (compared to the version on the page), then other BIOS is not available.

Of course, it of really strange that your battery doesn't work more than one day to the next, but I would still recommend a new battery to check because it s really sound like a battery problem.

Cheers mate

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