Sony laptop battery question

[ron2368]

I have a fairly new bx series unit.If I charge the battery to 99% then immediately turn it off for 2-3 days the battery will show a 25% discharge upon rebooting. The Sony tech guy said that starting up takes alot of power and this is normal. I say thats bs and if you can only start up the unit 4 times on a full battery its a piece of crap. Is there any truth to what he tells me?

Sony and my calls to their reps( in manila) have just about driven me nuts

 

[skreet]

No, theres no truth at all. A computer does not use more power booting up, not that much more anyway.

- Kyle

 

[Paperlantern]

If the machine is OFF (not in hybernation or some other power saving state) then the battery should lose virtually nothing, 1 - 2% loss would be acceptable over a few days but not much more then that. The guy was blowing smoke when he said that, and I cant believe he did, sony should be scolded for even incinuating such a thing. If its losing that much, then something is discharging the battery, a good way to tell is charge it to full, and remove it from the machine, if after that same amount of time you put it in and its still lost the power, then theres an internal short or problem with the pack, RMA it, if it doesnt, then youve got a bum power subsystem, or ground in the laptop and you need to insist on an RMA for the machine. Again, batteries DO NOT discharge THEMSELVES unless defective, and laptops do NOT consume 25% of a battery just to boot up. Period.

 

[ron2368]

Now they also told me that the high pitched buzzing noise I hear when the note is off is normal, its a capacitor on the MB.

Problem is I have 2 on site service and now 2 times sent to Sony for repair. I assume that if they are making excuses for it being there , it probably will not get fixed. I told them I want a replacement but they ignore me. I think after 4 failed repairs I can put it under the lemon law.