Satellite Pro A300 PSAG9E. Should I keep it or not?

Hello
I have just bought a Toshiba Satellite Pro A300 PSAG9E. It came pre-installed with Vista, and also an upgrade DVD to windows 7 professional (which I have installed).
I tried starting up the machine this morning, however for some reason it wouldn 't boot. All that happened was that the initial toshiba screen would appear, followed by a frozen black screen (showing an underscore in the top left corner).
The thing is that I seem to have been able to solve this issue, but I just don't understand how/why this happened!
The issue seemed to be related to the battery. At first I was trying to boot the laptop (with only the battery connected) however it would not start. I dont think this has anything to do with the amount of charge in the battery, as it did have more than enough in it. I then tried booting it with just the power cable (and no battery). For some reason this seemed to do the trick, and the laptop was able to boot. The laptop now also boots when both battery and cable attached.
Why is this happening?
The reason I am interested in finding out, is because this laptop has given me a few problems already. The laptop has also been bought very recently, so I can still return it for a refund (which I am seriously considering!).
What should I do guys? Any help/advice you could give about this would be very much appreciated.
Thank you
Jay

>All that happened was that the initial toshiba screen would appear, followed by a frozen black screen (showing an underscore in the top left corner).
The blinking underscore in the left corner means that the BIOS battery was empty or something wrong with the HDD (possibly BIOS didnt find the right booting source)
I recommend accessing the BIOS and to set it to the default. Save the changes and try to boot the unit again.
You should also keep the notebook connected to the mains for about 24 hours and the notebook should be ON as well.
This will help to charge the CMOS battery.
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