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    Battery questions FZ280E

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by falco, Apr 8, 2008.

  1. falco

    falco Newbie

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    Hi, I have some battery questions about this notebook that I'm hoping could be answered.

    1) It seems that the battery drains quite a bit when not in use. I turn off the laptop and it seems 10 to 20 percent of the charge is gone in one day. Is this normal? On my older Dell 700m after a week of non use it will still be around 90%.

    2) I could have sworn when charging the laptop before the little battery led on the front left edge of the laptop would blink. Lately, It only turns on when I unplug the laptop and it's running off battery. Is there a setting I changed by accident?

    Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
     
    falco, Apr 8, 2008
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  2. falco

    falco Newbie

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    No one else has come across these problems?
     
    falco, Apr 9, 2008
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  3. Kyoshiro

    Kyoshiro Notebook Geek

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    it blinks if your battery is really charging, if its full, it wont blink. If I remember correctly too, if your machine is on, it doesnt blink.
    Losing charge of 10%~ is normal for my SZ when i turn it on after charge and go into battery mode. Note that my battery life is also longer than the FZ.
     
    Kyoshiro, Apr 9, 2008
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  4. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Yes the FZ's standard battery is really poor in holding charge.
     
    coolguy, Apr 9, 2008
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  5. falco

    falco Newbie

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    Thanks for answering Kyoshiro and coolguy. Was just worried because it drains to nothing after a couple of days if the battery is attached, but only loses like 10% of its charge if I remove battery from laptop.
     
    falco, Apr 10, 2008
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    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    This is weird. It shouldn't be draining to 0% afte a couple of days. Also the battery discharges too quickly if you expose it in the cold.
     
    coolguy, Apr 10, 2008
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    snoopy318 Notebook Enthusiast

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    snoopy318, Apr 14, 2008
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  8. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    It does tilt the FZ up in the back a bit. But it actually puts the keyboard at a very nice comfortable angle. The rear is raised about one inch.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 14, 2008
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  9. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Please don't post the same question into multiple threads in the same forum.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 14, 2008
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    falco Newbie

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    Hmm... I'll try it again with the battery connect and discounted. But it really does seem to drain lots faster connected.
     
    falco, Apr 15, 2008
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