battery light

[landroverbob]

first post so hi everyone

my vaio k series has developed a problem, when switching off, closing the lid and unplugging the mains lead, the battery light stays on ( the yellow one next to the green power button ) it's never done this before, if i remove the battery it goes out ! when i plug the battery in the light comes on. the battery charges ok but does seem to drain a little fast. i thought the battery light is supposed to go out when running on mains power ? any ideas anyone, have tried sony but their after sales service is rubbish

[tonybeard]

Welcome to the club,
My wifey has inherited the very robust and reliable K series and even after 4 years my battery is still at least 70% of what it was. Go into the device manager (right click My computer>properties>hardware>device manager> and under the tree for batteries check to see if ACPI compliant drivers are not showing and exclamation mark. Also try disabling and enabling them and or updating the drivers.

[landroverbob]

that's not cured it, any other ideas please ?

[tonybeard]

No exclamation marks I take it. You might due for a new battery they are about £65.

[landroverbob]

i'm not sure that a battery fault would cause the light to stay on when the power is off any other ideas ??

[landroverbob]

nobody any ideas or suggestions ?

[wmmxt15]

Hi landroverbob. Just checking the forum as mine does exactly the same. Mind you apart from the light never going off everything else is OK -  Did you find a solution please?