topic Re: k115s battery life? in PCs & Accessories

k115s battery life?

SLEE — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:52:11 GMT

hey all i have a k115s ive had it for about 2 months now and ive noticed the battery life has really decreased is this normal? ive installed a couple of programmes but nothing major. even just letting the computer run and not touching it, it seems to only last about half an hour??

Re: k115s battery life?

JoeB. — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:00:25 GMT

hi,

no this is not proper at all... but if you will call the support line they will give you a lecture on proper battery usage... and will tell you that this is more or less your fault...

Joe
(a very dissapointed vaio user)

Re: k115s battery life?

tellingd — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:04:39 GMT

Check your settings in power panel - could be you're set for 'performance' rather than battery life.

Re: k115s battery life?

SLEE — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:12:54 GMT

ive had a laptop before and i know how to look after the battery which is what i have been doing. ive learnt the hard way before

ive checked the settings as well but they are fine. i set it up so when on the battery it uses the maximum battery setting and ive also put it on quiet

is there anythi8ng else i can do?

Re: k115s battery life?

JoeB. — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:01:15 GMT

hi,

what i ment to say is that i have the same problems with my batteries... and i too had to call support and ask them.... but no they insisted that it was my fault do to the way i used my battery... i told them about proper usage and every thing, but they didn't care.... they suggested for me to buy a new battery....

just remember...

YOU MAKE IT A SONY.... in other words... YOU MAKE SONY RICH!

Joe

Re: k115s battery life?

tellingd — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:25:32 GMT

If the machine lasts only for 1/2 hour doing nothing then I would say there is a problem with the battery - this seems a little short even for a 'desktop' chip; BTW what chip do you have?

Re: k115s battery life?

SLEE — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:36:08 GMT

it has a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 desktop CPU with 512MB of DDR266

Re: k115s battery life?

AlanHudson — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:44:53 GMT

Have you tried giving the battery a full charge, then going into Battery Information>Advanced, and comparing the design capacity against full charge capacity. With a fairly new battery, there shouldn't be too much difference between the figures. If there is, sounds like a charging/battery fault.

Re: k115s battery life?

kee-lo_ — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:47:57 GMT

If the machine lasts only for 1/2 hour doing nothing then I would say there is a problem with the battery - this seems a little short even for a 'desktop' chip; BTW what chip do you have?

Dave's right - 30mins is quite poor performance. I would speak to Sony about this as it's not really good enough.

Re: k115s battery life?

cheeboon — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:43:59 GMT

IBM Thinkpad used to have a software that will discharged the battery fully and recharged it back, ie reconditioning the battery. Why do Sony not have the software install on the Sony laptop?

Re: k115s battery life?

kee-lo_ — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:18:27 GMT

No idea

Re: k115s battery life?

K-tch — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:27:06 GMT

I'm sorry to post this in this topic, but why can't I start a new thread? I can get a previuew and everything looks ok, but when I want to post the thread I get an error msg saying "null" ???

Here's my problem, I'll remove it as soon as I find out how I can start a new thread.

"Hi everyone,

I own a Vaio fr415m, I haven't had any regrets so far of spending all my savings on this great notebook, but yesterday I noticed that whenever I minimise or maximise a window, that the notebook makes a high tone beeping sound. It's a faint sound but still anoying.
I don't think it's coming from the boxes because changing volume doesn't affect the volume of that tone, and when I turn these boxes off completely, the beeping sound is still there.
Can anyone perhaps tell me what's causing this sound and maybe how I can get it to go haunt someone else's pc. :smileygrin:

Thanks in advance,
kind regards"

Re: k115s battery life?

kee-lo_ — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:35:49 GMT

Yes I think it's quite common as it does it on other machines I have used, it's the LCD changing image.

Re: k115s battery life?

VaJo — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:23:12 GMT

In most cases it is the varnish on some coils that is anted up faulty. The coils begin oscillating and that produces high frequent sounds. It's a case for the service. Back to topic.

Greetz

Re: k115s battery life?

d-aprilli — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:39:20 GMT

Hi,
I think your problem is not normal. Actual batteries should not suffer anymore of the problem they had 10 years ago with the remanent power staying in a non completely dischrged battery. But there is a way to hold your battery longer. When you use your laptop with the power supply (home for ex.) retire the battery-block as the battery is fully loaded. The battery will not be in constant charge and should last longer ! (This was proposed for laptop users some years ago. I don't know if there has been some changes in the disconnecting system of charged batteries in the newer laptops) There is no costs trying !