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    VGN-FS570 not charging

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by adamcirillo, Jun 12, 2009.

  1. adamcirillo

    adamcirillo Newbie

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    I have a Vaio VGN-FS570 was working fine up until it wouldn't trun on i assumed the battery was dead bought a new one off ebay and with that i noticed widows said the battery was charging but the battery % was going down.

    I then thought i'll turn it off and leave the charger plugged it to see if it charges but that didn't work so i know the laptop is not drawing to much power i used a multimeter on the charge it said 19.5 volts and also on the mother where the dc plug plugs into motherboard it also show 19.5 volts but the battery connector is a bit of a mystery to me not sure which pins to mease for voltage some of them give me like 2-5 volts.
     
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  2. itparts1982

    itparts1982 Company Representative

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    is the battery you got on ebay an OEM Sony battery or a knock-off?
     
    itparts1982, Jun 12, 2009
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  3. adamcirillo

    adamcirillo Newbie

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    how do i tell the differnce? its got the corrrect model number and voltage.
     
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    itparts1982 Company Representative

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    a genuine Sony battery will have the "Sony" logo on it...also does the unit work ok when just plugged into the ac adapter?
     
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    the laptop wil not power on with the ac adapter plugged in tried without battieries and tried with the 2 battieries. Also the battery i bought is not genuine. It worked until it ran out of charge as the laptop was not charging it. The genuine battery is the same won't charge at all.
     
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