topic Battery problems in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/battery-problems/m-p/103675#M50752 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everyone,<BR /><BR />A bit of background - I bought a Sony Vaio VGN-NR38S about 15 months ago and had no problems for about six months. I then began to notice a high pitched whining sound from the AC adapter box. I phoned support, and whilst they couldn't give a reason for the sound, they did promptly replace the AC Adapter. All was good, until...<BR /><BR />Last month the battery just stopped working (battery VGP-BPS9/B). In Windows 7, the battery icon always says it has 93% charge and charging - but if you unplug the laptop the power completely shuts off. If it is unplugged, the laptop is completely unresponsive - no lights, sounds, nothing at all.<BR /><BR />I have tested the connectors to the battery and the AC adaptor and both appear to be working fine. Is there anything else I can check?<BR /><BR />The laptop is now out of warranty, but as the adaptor was defective, I thought this may have caused the issue with the battery. Would that be possible?<BR /><BR />I spoke to support but they would like the whole laptop taken away to inspect, and I annoyingly have some research papers to write, so rather need my laptop at the moment - battery or no battery.<BR /><BR />Any thoughts would be much appreciated,<BR /><BR />Thanks<BR /><BR />-Tim<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:59:52 GMT timdickinson 2010-01-05T23:59:52Z Battery problems https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/battery-problems/m-p/103675#M50752 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everyone,<BR /><BR />A bit of background - I bought a Sony Vaio VGN-NR38S about 15 months ago and had no problems for about six months. I then began to notice a high pitched whining sound from the AC adapter box. I phoned support, and whilst they couldn't give a reason for the sound, they did promptly replace the AC Adapter. All was good, until...<BR /><BR />Last month the battery just stopped working (battery VGP-BPS9/B). In Windows 7, the battery icon always says it has 93% charge and charging - but if you unplug the laptop the power completely shuts off. If it is unplugged, the laptop is completely unresponsive - no lights, sounds, nothing at all.<BR /><BR />I have tested the connectors to the battery and the AC adaptor and both appear to be working fine. Is there anything else I can check?<BR /><BR />The laptop is now out of warranty, but as the adaptor was defective, I thought this may have caused the issue with the battery. Would that be possible?<BR /><BR />I spoke to support but they would like the whole laptop taken away to inspect, and I annoyingly have some research papers to write, so rather need my laptop at the moment - battery or no battery.<BR /><BR />Any thoughts would be much appreciated,<BR /><BR />Thanks<BR /><BR />-Tim<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:59:52 GMT https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/battery-problems/m-p/103675#M50752 timdickinson 2010-01-05T23:59:52Z