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Posted by Andy Fish on October 3, 2007, 4:13 am
Please log in for more thread options thanks for all the responses (and thanks to mike for the explanation)
basically I reinstalled because it just seemed to be full of crap and I
wanted to clean it out - it runs much faster now so that part of it was a
success. Because the dvd drive is broken I could not use the sony recovery
DVD so I had to install vanilla windows xp.
I reinstalled all the sony drivers and also the sony specific power
management, and I've checked on their web site and there are no more
updates. I've also done all the windows updates
the battery is the original battery that came with the laptop and there
aren't instructions on how to recalibrate. I don't particularly want to
replace the battery because I know it's good for 2 hours which is fine for
me - it's just a PITA not being able to use the last hour of it
Andy
> How old is the battery? How long have you been using it? Was it
> remanufactured/recycled battery or a brand new one? Did you purchase it
> from Toshiba? Do you leave the battery in the bay even when running on AC
> power? Do you store the battery at 100% charge?
>
> Why did you find it necessary or choose to reinstall Windows? Did you do
> a Repair Install or format & reinstall? Is the machine fully patched at
> Windows Update? Are there driver and/or BIOS updates available from the
> computer manufacturer's website that you've not install yet?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear), working offline
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>
> Andy Fish wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a sony TR5 laptop which is about 3 years old now. Although the
>> battery will last a good 2 hours, the battery meter drops to 0% after
>> about
>> 1/2 that time.
>>
>> That's not a problem in itself - I've seen it on other laptops before. I
>> simply went on to the "alarms" section of the power control panel and
>> made
>> sure that it didn't hibernate when the battery level goes below 3%. I
>> have
>> to suffer the occasional unexpected shutdown when the battery actually
>> runs
>> out but I can live with that.
>>
>> That was fine until I reinstalled windows XP and now the PC always
>> hibernates when it thinks the battery is low i.e. after an hour,
>> regardless
>> of how I configure the low battery alarms.
>>
>> is there something else that is taking priority over these settings. It's
>> a
>> PITA only being able to use 1/2 the battery life of the laptop.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Andy
>
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