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Turned out the CMOS battery was discharged. So if anyone has the desire to try and replace it... DON'T !!!
I did and... ended up without keyboard and touch-pad on laptop (in other words I done myself out of few hundred $$$). The battery is said to be located under the keyboard but... at least on a Toshiba, getting under the keyboard proved to be above my abilities due to two ribbon cables that are very fragile and, at the first hint of pulling came out of the sockets then... trying to put them back (after discovering there is no battery to be found) proved that the sockets themselves were not made to be opened...in the final both got damaged so now am using an external keyboard and mouse !!!
Found out, after leaving the whole lot plugged in over night, that in the morning it went past the "blocking point" and... is been working since.
So, my advice, learned the very hard way: plug the charger in and leave it for at least 12 hours then try again !
And DO NOT TRY getting to the "CMOS battery"... chances are you will either not find one, or it is welded to the motherboard or...you might damage the ribbon cables sockets on the mother board.
Hope this might save someone some grief !!!
Good luck to all !