Accu charging

[Medikus]

Hello,

on my vaio PCG K115 S the accu is permanently charging with WinXP Prof SP2 in the tray but not by the led of the notebook itself.

Does somebody know a solution ? Is it perhaps a windows problem ? I also had this years ago with a compaq E 500.

[Medikus]

Hello,

on my vaio PCG K115 S the accu is permanently charging with WinXP Prof SP2 in the tray but not by the led of the notebook itself.

Does somebody know a solution ? Is it perhaps a windows problem ? I also had this years ago with a compaq E 500.

Correction: L.E.D. instead led...

[kee-lo_]

That's normal, the LED stops blinking after 80% charged, then an audible sound will tell you when it's 100% done

[BartK]

and to complete your answer, windows will always indicate that it is charging the battery, because it just doesn't know any better...

[Medikus]

That's normal, the LED stops blinking after 80% charged, then an audible sound will tell you when it's 100% done

Ok, but I here no sound, and the hardware LED stops after full charging, but the tray icon in windows further indicates: "charging".

So it is a windows problem, but as it does not always occur there must be a solution !

So has it a hardware reason because of special sony mainboard (does not fit good with Win2000 for example !!), or is it because of this special hardware (e.g. ali-PCI-bus) and its interference with Windows XP.

I am interested ONLY in true solutions please ! (What BartK says is a common place, I know windows/microsoft often has faults !)

Bye and see you again ?

[BartK]

There is no solution. It is a windows way of indication, nothing that can be done about that. But is it really that big a problem? It is just an icon...

[Medikus]

There is no solution. It is a windows way of indication, nothing that can be done about that. But is it really that big a problem? It is just an icon...

No, it is not a big problem, but I am also interested in solving small problems because they may cause bigger ones.

I had this problem years ago with a Compaq NB and I solved it but forgot the solution.

Add. I think it is not good ig Windows does not check the charging process. This may cause further problems except the incorrect icon.

[kee-lo_]

My GRX announces "your battery is fully charged"

[AK207]

surely the tray states 'charging' because you're still plugged into the charger - even through it says you're 100% charged you are still using power, which is then being recharged... no?

[jammold]

Nope not quite...

Close but no cigar as they say...

Windows XP does indeed have an annoying little taskbar glitch that states that the battery is still being charged even when it is at 100% charge level. There is *NO* solution to this whatsoever, bet even Microsoft don't acknowledge this as a KB issue...

If a Sony computer *DID* choose to keep on charging the battery past 100%, and given the battery is the Lithium ION type, then (and this is no joke) the battery would explode.

Once the battery reaches 100% (fully charged) the computers charging array for the battery is disabled. The battery is then disabled and the computer uses the DC input from your AC Power block connected to the mains.

On a K-Series machine the battery lamp stops flashing at 85% charge, on all others its 80%. Once the battery reaches these levels the slow 2 hour charge begins. This is because the battery is rapidly "trickle" charged to 80% in around one hour or so, but to run at full capacity, the slow portion begins at 80-85% and can take 2-4 hours dependant on the PC and battery used.