hallo everybody, I am new user of this forum and I like to propose a problem that seem related.
I purchased a Vaio notebook VGN FE-31H at the beginning of December 2006.
During December I have only complete windows installation and antivirus downloads, and did not notice anything strange that would worth any support. Then I get my vacation so I never really use the laptop until the beginning of January 2007.
In these two weeks of January I notice the follow anomaly:
When the computer is off for more than 7-8 hours and I try to power it on by the battery pack nothing happen and the computer remain off.
Of course, before turning on the pc, I made myself sure that the battery pack was fully (or 70-80%) charged.
Then if I connect it to the AC power and press the power button, it turns on normally.
At this point I check the battery state, and I notice that the battery is effectively
charged at the point which I expected it would be.
So I shut down the pc, disconnect the AC power feeder, and again try to turn on the pc only by mean the battery pack. This time the pc turn on without hesitations and so it do any other time I turn it on if no more than few hours are passed.
But again, if I shut down the pc (with the battery charged), wait for, let say,12 hours and try to turn it on by the battery pack, when I press the power button, again, nothing happen until I connect the AC power. And again, after that, the pc is able to turn itself on even with the battery pack unless no more than few hours are passed from the previous
shut down.
This is a repetitive anomaly.
So it would be impossible for me to turn on my laptop when I am travelling and that make a notebook quite unusable unless I “wake it up” by the AC supply.
The same happen after hibernating it instead of turning it off.
What are the differences between hibernate-mode and turn-off-mode ?
Thanks for your attention and dedication.
Valerio
