Problem with Vaio TX2XP

[rareair04]

Hi Gang,

My Vaio TX2XP is behaving erratically, someone please help!

It seems to run off of the mains supply a-ok, powers up etc., but when you unplug the power cord and run on batteries it wont turn on. Ok, I thought that the battery might be dead so I let it charge for over three hours, the blinking charge LED is working fine (two rapid blinks in quick succession to show me its charging). Yet when I disconnect the cord and try to run on the battery power nothing happens.

Can any whizz out there offer any clues or remedies?

Many Thanks

[Blencogo]

Hi rareair04,

It sounds like a battery fault. You don't say but I assume it used to work OK on battery in the past?

It could be the battery or the charging circuitry.

The only way to check is to find a working battery and try it in your Vaio. If you don't know anyone with the same model, perhaps a local Sony Centre would let you take your Vaio in and use a good battery and see if it will startup OK.

What happens if you pull out the power cord when the Vaio is working?

[rareair04]

Hi mate,

Yes, it was working a-ok before. I had cause to replace the faulty hard drive in there, and since then it has been playing up. When running on mains power, if i remove the power cord, the pc just shuts down on me.

Looks like I am going to have to find another battery and start the process of elimination on this.

Many thanks