Satellite A105-S4547 boots itself using battery

Hi I am new to this forum. Since having the 'password ' problem and resetting the bios I have two things wrong.
1 Touchpad dosent work, but I'am not really bothered about that as I use a mouse anyway.
The bigger problem is that after shutting down, it starts back up again on its own.
I have a temporary fix. I have removed the battery and the moment it has shut down I switch off at the ac supply.
Sometimes when the ac is restored it restarts itselff, sometimes not.
But will always do so with battery in. Resulting in a flat battery.
Have searched all around for this specific problem answer with no luck so have resorted to a new thread. If anyone can help, then thanks in advance. exact model Satellite A105-S4547

Thanks, have tried touchpad driver, still no go. But I am really not bothered about that, only mentioned touchpad in case it tuns out there is some connection between that and the other problem.
The reinstall operating system will have to wait until my son visits again, to give me help, I dont want to get that wrong on my own!

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sounds to me like a bad charging electronic...
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Very strange issue
Did you notice this issue from beginning?
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I Googled this topic and searched these forums and cannot find a situation quite like this, or a solution to it.
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While my wife was working on her laptop this afternoon, the display went all crazy and would not clear up. The picture was pixelated, and distorted, all diagonal and wierd.
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Tim, not quite sure why Ed is talking about the Sat A105-101, as your model is the Sat A105-S2021.
Regardless, here's the downloads, specs, user guide, etc, page for your model:
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While I doubt you'll be able to use it, here's the latest flash BIOS for your unit, even if you have already installed this, you should at least try to reinstall it:
ACPI Flash BIOS version 2.30 for Satellite A105
Make the bootable CD on another computer, to try to install this BIOS on yours by booting off the CD drive with the disk you create. You say it's seeking a CD/DVD on power up, so it might boot. It's certainly worth a try.
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Well I have already cleaned the lens of the CD ROM. In fact this is the very first thing I did, it's a DVD-RW in good condition.
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ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah !
You are funny and very fast in defending Toshiba, but not giving a solution - the forums are supposed to be for users to help each other and that is why I asked if they did fix it or found a solution - because I DID NOT!
1. I have not fixed it yet - I do not have the time to try it as I spend most of the days (all of them) trying to bring some cash at home, as I am not a employee, but a self-employed.
2. my system works very well - thank you and if Toshiba Power saver gives so many problems it means that it is a 'critical' install on a Windows environment
3. I am not blaming Toshiba for this problem, but I am blaming Toshiba for not doing anything to 'help' to fix it
4. you cannot force a user to re-install at factory settings for several reasons:
a. if you do that you will have a system dated 2004! and I mean you will have to do a re-install (which means loosing all your setting the way you like - that is why one buys portable computer!)
b. re-install XP SP3, re-install all your programs, re-load all your files and folders the way you work with it every day and I work with 20 to 25 files at once and the browser usually opened on about 30/35 tabs and it is not easy to reset it the way I work faster and produce - all hardware drivers, Toshiba updates ...
c. then after you spent a full working day (which I do not have) you may find that the Toshiba Power Utility stopped to work again - for whatever reasons!
Worst of all, one has to do all this 'knowing' their system is in good condition as I am not one of those people that deletes programs instead of un-installing them properly, etc. - I do now how to use a Computer after 25 years working with them I do a defragmentation every week together with a chkdsk (which usually fix most system problems by itself), clean it from Internet muck!
What I do everyday at work is to fix other people problems (software and hardware) and give their computer back as if it was new and perfect order and I do not charge them if they are back or charge a Premium phone call too.
So, my system is fine and if you do not have anything to do but just attack users on this forum, you are in the wrong place - if you have a solution other than re-install, let us know.
We are supposed to help each other here.
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ADDITION on point 3: instead of forcing customers to reload everything and waste a lot of time, why Toshiba does not create a simple EXE that checks all the settings/drivers/programs are fibe and if they are not fix iy. Like many 'serious' Programs do when you have a problem (usually German Programs or northern Europe in general). A programs repairer without the need to re-install anything!
Sorry for asking the obvious!

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>feilks, your grammar and sarcasm are as bad as the design of this laptop
:) you are right about my grammar but notebook design is not so bad.
Maybe my grammar is bad but you understood me very well. Thats make me happy.
So let be serious now.
You have notebook with defective optical disc drive.
You don't have floppy disc drive.
If you want to start OS installation from second partition you must somehow start notebook in DOS mode.
The question is how to do this. Usually you can do this using start disc (FDD) or you can create bootable start CD. The funny thing is: you cannot use any of them.
The whole time you are writing about USB. Ok I can understand what you want. Probably you want to use external USB connected CD/DVD drive. Right?
Idea is not bad but this drive will not be recognized for boot-up. Why? You must load DOS driver for external drive. How to do this? Using floppy? You don't have it.
Can you now understand my joke with gasoline tank?
BTW: sorry for all my intrusive unintelligent remarks. This is my last posting. I will not disturb you anymore. I just thought we can be realistic here.
I will follow this thread. Maybe someone else have better solution.
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