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    Vaio VPCEB32EN Battery 30% to 10% in 2 minutes

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by smukherjee11, May 6, 2011.

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    Hello, I have purchased a Sony Vaio VPCEB32EN laptop in January, which comes with a VGP-BPS22 battery.

    Everything seems fine on this laptop, except for one.

    Whenever I use my laptop on battery power, it goes from 30% or around that to 10% in around 2 minutes, so before I know it, the green power light flashes, and I get warnings telling me that battery is low etc.

    I have Battery Care Function enabled at 80%. But overall, the battery life is bad too. Two days ago, I was reading a pdf document only at lowest LCD brightness, and power profile changed to "Power Saver". Even then, the battery went from 80% to 10% in about 1hr 50 mins, and even less if I watch a 480p movie from my Hard Disk at 50% brightness, close to about 1hr 10 mins.

    I had bought this laptop knowing that the battery life won't be great, but it seems a bit too less to me. Can someone shed some light on this, and on possible ways to fix this?
     
    smukherjee11, May 6, 2011
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    xxGenericSNxx Z1 Fanboy

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    Did you buy the computer new or used? It sounds like you have a worn battery. The control center is telling you that the battery is rated as "poor" so I'd recommend trying another battery. If you have a Sony store nearby, they may let you try out a battery from one of their display models to test out.

    To avoid paying retail, though, I recommend going to ebay and buying a GENUINE battery there.
     
    xxGenericSNxx, May 7, 2011
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    Well, no, actually. I bought it as a new laptop. Also, the control center says Battery status is excellent.
     
    smukherjee11, May 7, 2011
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    Sorry for the double post/bump, but any ideas, anyone?
     
    smukherjee11, May 8, 2011
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