unrecognised battery

[TomDoorschodt]

hello vaio team,
Last year I bought a Sony Vaio FE41S and I'm really happy with it. Only the last couple of weeks i have problems with my battery. I never removed it or anything but since a couple of weeks my notebook doesn't recognise my battery. When I disconnect power from my notebook it gets turned off. How can I fix this problem? I rarely use my notebook on another place then my home so I can't believe my battery is broken. Can someone help me?

gr. Tom

[RedMax]

Hi Tom,

Just thinking about the obvious first, try removing the battery, gently clean the contacts with some isopropyl alcohol and re-insert the battery. You may just have some dust in there, if that fails contact your vendor you could have a faulty battery although Sony do have a good reputation for battery quality.

[TomDoorschodt]

Thanks fot your advice! Altough it didn't work... Too bad. Other suggestions?

[jumpsuit]

Hi There

It looks like the battery is dead.
Approaching the vendor would be the best bet - I don't think the Sony Warranty covers batteries.

[Thalamus.]

Hi Tom,

a simple way to check if this is a battery or possible hardware problem is to take your Vaio to a local stockist and ask if you can try another VGP-BPS2C battery in your Vaio..

As far as I am aware the following models should have a similar battery VAIO VGN-AR, VGN-SZ, VGN-FE and VGN-N series