topic My battery is DEAD :-( in PCs & Accessories

My battery is DEAD :-(

Nox2 — Sun, 06 May 2007 15:13:31 GMT

Hi, i think battery in my FE21S is dead. battery is VGP-BPS2C 11.1V/5200mAh.

I;m using thic laptop 10 months and I dont know why it's not working. When i unplug laptop from power he just turned off. Can anyone know how long is warranty for battery in vaio?? And mayby why it's not working??

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

kee-lo_ — Mon, 07 May 2007 16:07:46 GMT

90 days on the battery.

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

Dekesh — Mon, 07 May 2007 16:36:04 GMT

did this problem start happening recently or was it from quite a while back?

you might want to try to clean the metal contacts on the battery and also on the laptop

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

Dawido85 — Mon, 07 May 2007 16:41:35 GMT

Hi, you can try download Notebook Hardware Control from http://www.pbus-167.com/ and check on the tab called Battery what is current capacity. It can ascertain you where lies the problem.

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

Nox2 — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:54:12 GMT

I try to put this battery to diffrent vaio and it wasn't working. I also have Notebook Hardware Control and he can't see battery status and nothing about battery. Its start 2 days ago.

Here U have screen from NHC.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4959/beztytuuek5.jpg

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

Nox2 — Sun, 13 May 2007 14:41:32 GMT

Anyone know what can happend with this battery??

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

SpySect — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:50:13 GMT

Battery is also dead on my laptop too FE21S! Maybe its a battery fault!! Should be a recall

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

apierc1 — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:59:32 GMT

I think it would take consideratly more than 2 cases for a recall, maybe there is a driver fault or whatever supports the battery, it might take a system recovery to determine this. Either that or the batteries supplied with your model have a poor capacity retention.

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

rraguram — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:46:40 GMT

Hello,

I have the same issue with my laptop and my laptop version is SZ1XPC. My battery was working perfectly fine for all these days and suddenly from last 2 days, my battery seems to be dead. When I unplug the power source, my laptop doesn't get power on.

Can someone help me or link me to the correct source?

TIA--

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

Geoff_33 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:41:22 GMT

Hello,

I had the same problem around two weeks before. The battery just stop working. I both called the call center and open a case on the e-support vaio link. The first one told me it was 3 months warranty but then on the e-support they told me it has been changed and it is now 6 months.

So I phoned again and we verify few things online, if the battery was present, if with the power cable it was working... It was very quick and after that, I had two choices :

- receive a new battery and send it back (faster but the problem can be on the laptop)
- taht vaio comme and take the laptop but it's longer.

I choose the first solution on friday afternoon. I t was said to me that I would receive the new battery in the middle of the week and I had it on monday.

They might ask you to test the batterie on another laptop or two test another battery on your laptop. If not possible, the French vaio link customer service offer you the two choices I described.

I read on that forum a few people who had problem but for me it was ok event if I had to call a second time because the first person told me bullshit. However, I wasn't happy that just before 6 months, the battery crashed.

I hope this will help you and that in your country the warranty is the same as in France.

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

ig1469 — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:29:06 GMT

My battery died last weekend. I have a SZ1-XP and have had it for 1.5y. I am trying to contact Sony online with no avail as my laptop is old (the other option is to call a premium rate phone number which is unacceptable). I have found a useful website link:

http://www.aplus.co.yu/sony/sony-sz1xpc-battery-problem-resolved/

Apparently the Vaio continues to charge the battery after it is fully charged which causes it to die. The bios upgrade R0083N0 does not help, so if I buy another battery the same will happen again. I am extremely disappointed that this has happened. The notebook is not fit for purpose!

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

emllik — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:44:08 GMT

My battery died last weekend. I have a SZ1-XP and have had it for 1.5y. I am trying to contact Sony online with no avail as my laptop is old (the other option is to call a premium rate phone number which is unacceptable). I have found a useful website link:

same thing for me, and it's only 1 year old..

Re: My battery is DEAD :-(

bison1 — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:50:40 GMT

Yep it's happened to me too......I've had my laptop for just over a year VGN-AR31S and all of sudden a couple of days ago my battery just stopped working.....I'm hoping it's just the battery and not the connection on the laptop itself?

When i put my cursor over the power icon in the task bar, it says no battery is detected.....

Does anyone know where to get a replacement without paying the high prices sony want for them? Any help appreciated.

Thanks

Duane.