Hello fellow Sony Vaio user(s).
Us VAIO users will most likely have (and still do) experienced the common and annoying battery drain issue, which Sony has dubbed a 'feature'.
Sure, Lithium ion batteries do suffer some degrading when charged near 100% or fully discharged at 0%, but many here will have experienced the battery draining from 80% (Battery Care on) to 30% (a few days later), which, to everyone here, is NOT beneficial to the battery in any way.
As a result, I have setup this thread in order to REQUEST a fix from Sony.
The fix is rather simple. From reading the forums here, it appears that a module (most likely a bluetooth module from the Z, but yet to be confirmed) remains ON on the motherboard. The fix? A BIOS update with a character edited to command the module to turn OFF when the system is OFF. It is more than likely that other VAIOs have a similar BIOS related issue. I mean, why and how else would the machine suck power when it is off? And why won't the battery drain when it is NOT connected to the laptop? The answer? The BIOS itself - something is on and it ain't turning itself off when required.
I ask that all users who are experiencing this issue to reply to this thread:
1. Post their laptop model
2. Country of purchase, and how long you had the lappie for
3. Whether you have Battery Care on (if applicable)
4. The amount of drain you are getting a day (or some other time period if preferred)
5. A short, personal request/statement regarding this issue
6. If possible, another short statement comparing this issue to another brand laptop
Posts other than the ones meeting the criteria above won't really be beneficial - I am planning on sending this ENTIRE thread to a high-end Sony member when it gets a ripe number of posts. So, I hope you understand, but please try to be contructive towards this thread!!!
Also, no double posting please - would like this thread to be as valid as possible... ^_^
Note, you can post more than ONE reply so long as you have more than one VAIO experiencing the issue. And, ANY Vaio series that was bought within the past three years and experiencing the battery drain can be mentioned here.
Anyways... Let the requests begin!
PS - the pole for this thread is supposed to say:
Would you like Sony to fix the battery drain issue on its laptops (more preferabbly, the ones that a
re being sold today)?
It has been truncated for some reason...
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Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
