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    calibrating new batteries

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by catherine, May 17, 2006.

  1. catherine

    catherine Notebook Consultant

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    hi there, i'm a new owner of an SZ18 and there's something funny with the batteries. i think the gauge isn't reading properly. i charged it for 12 hours and sometime during i know it reached 100% capacity. but when i turned it on at the office this morning, reading shows 91% full.

    at one point during the charging, the battery fell loose cuz i didn't notice i had to lock the darn thing. so perhaps calibrating (or whatever you call it) could fix the problem?

    another reason i think this was because just looking at the bottom right on the desktop, the battery gauge there indicated i had such and such number of hours which was different from the meter when i looked at it through the control panel. it had around 45mins difference.

    i'm charging it again to full capacity now, then when it reaches 100%, i'll let it run on batteries and see what happens.

    i'd appreciate any help.
     
    catherine, May 17, 2006
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