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    Damn SVS15 battery or what?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mr.Elias, Dec 27, 2012.

  1. mr.Elias

    mr.Elias Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello guys!
    I've received Christmas "present" from my SVS1511. Need your advice.

    The problem is:
    I fully charging battery up to 100%. Vaio battery care showed excellent battery health.
    After I unplug power cord, battery charge drops from 100% to 4% in 1 minute.
    Also orange battery led + green power led blinking constantly, BUT I can work this way for about 4-6 hours for sure.

    I've swapped good battery from the same laptop and the trouble was gone because charge/discharge cycle flows smoothly, so I think that's the battery fault for sure.

    What's your opinion?
    Maybe there is any special software to check the battery life?

    thanks!
     
    mr.Elias, Dec 27, 2012
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    ngvuanh Notebook Deity

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    It could be bios problem.
    Check the bios and make you have the latest. It is R0142C5

    Sent from my LT30at using Tapatalk 2
     
    ngvuanh, Dec 28, 2012
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    mr.Elias Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, but if is BIOS then I'd have the same problem on the second system but I dont.

    Also I do have R0142C5
     
    mr.Elias, Dec 28, 2012
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    Did you test your battery on other laptop and other good battery on your laptop?
     
    ngvuanh, Dec 28, 2012
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    mr.Elias Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes of course I did.
    seems to me it's battery itself.
    Died so damn fast
     
    mr.Elias, Dec 29, 2012
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    ngvuanh Notebook Deity

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    If so, just call Sony or go to your local retail store (if any) to get a replacement.
    However, it could be error report from battery. You may try re-calibrate the battery by discharge it to empty (turn off power management).
    Let laptop runs on battery until it shutdowns immediately.
    Try couple times to see if battery reports correctly.
     
    ngvuanh, Dec 29, 2012
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    lewdvig Notebook Virtuoso

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    sony warranty is great, they fixed a speaker on my son's s13 last year and it was like applecare (I've switched to vaio but always had great experiences with apple).
     
    lewdvig, Dec 29, 2012
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