topic Re: battery suddenly disappeared in PCs & Accessories

battery suddenly disappeared

maririal — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:57:14 GMT

Hello! I was wondering if somebody could help me out. My battery suddenly went off, yesterday it was working propperly, and today my computer won't turn on without the power cord, and it says that the battery is absent. Is it normal for the battery to simply "stop"? Isn't it suppose to loose it's capacity slowly? I bought this computer a year ago, approximately.Well, i'd really apreciate some help, thank you all!

Re: battery suddenly disappeared

Blencogo — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:25:36 GMT

Hi maririal and welcome to Club Vaio.

It does sound like the battery has suddenly died. Have a look in Device Manager and expand Batteries. Double-click on your battery. Under General does it say your battery is working normally? Or is there a yellow warning triangle shown?

The only way to be absolutely sure is to 'borrow' a battery of the same type and see if it works or not.

Do you have a Sony shop in Barcelona - they may lend you one to try out.

Re: battery suddenly disappeared

@5528097000005097 — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:28:06 GMT

It might be worth cleaning the battery connection terminals on the battery itself and on the machine.

Re: battery suddenly disappeared

maririal — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:10:46 GMT

Well, thank you both so much!! I'll try to clean the contacts, and see if I can get another battery for a test. Thanks again! Just one little thing: what can I use to clean the contacts?

Re: battery suddenly disappeared

rich912 — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:30:01 GMT

Just one little thing: what can I use to clean the contacts?

The old fashioned rubber ink eraser will clean up the contacts.

Re: battery suddenly disappeared

maririal — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:31:40 GMT

Thanks a lot!

Re: battery suddenly disappeared

@5528097000005097 — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:36:23 GMT

You're welcome maririal, hope everything ok now.