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    fully charged sony TZ @ 100% then when i turn it back on, its 95%?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Sprite, Jan 31, 2008.

  1. Sprite

    Sprite Notebook Consultant

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    do i have a bad battery? my battery is fully charged at 100%. but when i unplug the power cord and turn the TZ back on, there is like a 5% drop in battery, it shows 95%.
     
    Sprite, Jan 31, 2008
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    this dose not happen for me if I keep the power cord to the laptop!
    it happens if I remove as the 5% is about what it takes to fully load windows.
     
    rezpower, Jan 31, 2008
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    does not happen to me
     
    DanyBui81, Jan 31, 2008
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    hm, i don't have that problem either...
     
    ninjavshippo, Jan 31, 2008
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    My FZ's battery drops to 93%. Sony standard batteries are pretty useless.
     
    coolguy, Feb 1, 2008
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    Recalibrate the battery with a full charge discharge cycle. Li-ons lose ~3% a day just sitting there.
     
    Lithus, Feb 1, 2008
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    what's the safest way to re-calibrate the battery using the full discharge cycle? let it stay on till it turns off?

    if anybody's wondering mine becomes 92% after full charge and restart
     
    dznutz, Feb 1, 2008
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    i took my TZ in for service to see if sony could change the battery, sony held my computer for a week and didnt do a thing, they said its normal, i doubt this is normal, it should be at least 100% for 5 minutes. btw, this battery drop to 95% happens with windows xp which i am using now instead of vista. i doubt this is normal because i fully loaded windows and then pulled the power cord, and battery drops to 95%
     
    Sprite, Jul 30, 2008
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  10. Phil

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    There has been a whole thread baout this issue.

    It's seems to be common on many Sony's.
     
    Phil, Jul 30, 2008
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