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    Amilo pro v3205 battery indicator problem

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by mparmpedas, Mar 7, 2007.

  1. mparmpedas

    mparmpedas Newbie

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    I bought an Amilo Pro v3205 laptop the day before yesterday, and I am having problems with the battery indicator.

    According to the manual, the battery indicator should:
    --> flash while the battery is charging
    --> light up when the battery is full
    --> turn off when battery is empty

    What happens at my situation is:
    --> lights up when battery is charging
    --> turns off when battery is full
    --> still off when battery is empty / very low

    I`m worried that this might turn out to be something nastier than what it appears... Any ideas about this problem? I tried updating the BIOS from 1.17 to 1.19 but nothing changed.


    Btw, battery is charging ok I`m having no problem with that just the indicator.

    Any ideas what the problem is or any solutions? Is it a common problem with these laptops? Should I turn it in for service?
    (Other than this I `m very pleased with the laptop and I wouldn`t like waiting for (maybe months) for a small indicator fault)

    thx for any help
     
    mparmpedas, Mar 7, 2007
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  2. ike223

    ike223 Newbie

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    Hi

    I have the same notebook and the same issue is with mine just bought it a week ago, i think maybe the user guide is mistaken.

    Thanks
     
    ike223, Mar 21, 2007
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  3. contradanza

    contradanza Newbie

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    I have the same situation, maybe the instructions have mistake
     
    contradanza, Mar 25, 2007
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  4. mparmpedas

    mparmpedas Newbie

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    weird, when i called technical support a few weeks ago they didn`t know anything...
     
    mparmpedas, Mar 26, 2007
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    aboy Newbie

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    Hi fellas!

    I am on the point of buying a v3205 and it is very hard to find any reviews about it. Since some of you already have some history with this model, can you please give me some advice? What you like and what you don't like about it? Did you have any problems with it (besides this one described here)so far? Is it resistant enough for extensive use?

    Thank you so much for your prompt input!
     
    aboy, Mar 29, 2007
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  6. ike223

    ike223 Newbie

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    Hello aboy

    Since i bought this notebook and i am happy with it, 2 weeks now and the only problems i had was to install my own win xp as xp installation cd didn't find my SATA hard disk.
    some applications i did not install like keyboard manager.

    for me what i like about this notebook is:

    1- light wight 1.5 kg
    2- good battery life
    3- run cool
    4- fan is quite

    well that is all i can say about V3205
     
    ike223, Mar 30, 2007
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