After having upgraded to Win8, I took the free Win8. I installed ALL that was available from the Sony web site for this computer. I was able to knock down all of the yellow exclamation marks in Device Manager. This really shouldn't be this difficult. I am not a novice at this stuff. I've been an IT professional for thirty years: server and storage administration, database design and programming, ETL development.
I've installed Windows machines from the ground up a bazillion times. This should not be this difficult. Sony really should step up and deal with this problem. Completely ridiculous! A portable computer that won't charge its batteries. These steps are very important. The drivers and software must be updated before proceeding with another O. Regards, Vincent If my post answers your question, please mark it as "Accept as Solution". Vincent - - I installed Win7.
The battery care function never materialized. I upgraded to WIN8. I upgraded to WIN I have installed the upgrades that the VAIO upgrade service asks for. It sounds like you're saying that, now that I'm on Win81, I would have to roll back to Win8 or even Win7 and start all over again.
I have been an IT professional for decades, and I have installed many operating systems, servers, etc. Your system support is chaotic, and I say this from the perspective of years of experience.
It is a reasonable expectation that you make this stuff work wthout requiring a full OS rollback. So far, this system support is shameful. Log In to Answer. Related Questions Nothing found. Don't see what you're looking for? Will Sony realease any drivers update or should i just rollback to windows 8? It should help. Below are the steps to disable FastAccess. Im not using FastAccess Hey there engeloded! You may try running the battery diagnostics just to check if it really is not a hardware issue.
The diagnostic is found in the Vaio Care program, in the diagnostics tab within the advanced tab. Its says the battery health is "excellent" I realy do believe its some compatibility problem.. Can you pass to someone who can really check it out so Sony will release a fix or an upgraded driver? We have performed tests in my location and at Sony Style stores with the model on display and the battery is not yeilding the results you are having.
We are getting hours with various youtube videos playing with 'Balanced' power scheme, Screen turn off set to "never" and sleep set to "never". Did you upgrade to 8. If these were not the steps you followed you may try rolling back to Windows 8 with a fresh recovery image and try the upgrade again taking care to ensure each update is installing successfully between each step. I believe i update Windows exactly as you noted but i will try to reinstall Windows 8 and perform the upgrade again following your steps.
Ill tell you if the problem will be solved. Hi engeloded, What version of FastAccess do you have installed on your system?
Hi engeloded, Actually, the FastAccess needs to be uninstalled and then re-installed. Below are the steps: 1. Hi, Im having a problem with your solution.
Ive tried reinstalling Windows 8 but i can only chose to restore to Windows 8. Im having this error message: "Unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing. Unfortunately reinstalling fast access doesn't solve the problem.
The power drainage is still few percent per hour. Hey there truplayr! Hi truplayr! Our system does not recognize the model name that you've provided. I made an error by mistaking the product name with model number. What about my problem with reinstalling Windows? What should i do to fix this? Again, as i said before, when im trying to reset the computer Reinstall windows from Sony vaio care restore options im receiving the following error: "Unable to reset your PC.
Are you trying to recover Windows from within Windows itself or thru the Assist button while the computer is off? I know how to perform a clean restore Ive tried the operation via the recovery menu.. Ive got to that menu pressing the assistant button when the laptop was completely off. Actually, ive done this once with Windows 8 and it worked flawlessly but now when im trying again with Windows 8.
How can i fix this? If you're unable to complete the system recovery, there is a possibility that the built in recovery partition is already corrupted. The other option is to use a recovery disk to put back your computer to factory settings. After completing the factory reset, please make sure to follow Sony's recommended steps for upgrading to 8. How is it possible? Ive made the upgrade exactly as described on Sony's site!
Regarding the sleep issue problem, I noticed that using Win 8 the Duo 13 wouldn't go quiet sleep as long as skype was running, but with 8. Also the full-run time is only hours eventhough the core speeds are not that high according to task manager. This has quite a huge impact to the usability of the machine. I made a fresh install to Win 8. Last time I did do everything according to the instructions.
So do you have any good guesses for a solution? That would be appreciated. Uninstalled Fast Access did help somewhat, but not enough. I have gone back to Win 8 and my power consumption is vastly improved , and will not be going to Win 8. Uninstalling and Reinstalling Fast Access will resolve the issue.
You cannot expect the exact same battery duration under a different software environment. Windows 8. When you say "not enough", how long is the battery lasting now? After performing the above steps, I can confirm the DUO13 battery will last at least 6. This is well within acceptable ranges due to the specifications of the product. Various youtube clips were playing and the unit lasted the whole business day from roughly am until past 4pm. I also am running balanced mode with screen shutoff set to 1 hour.
I have battery care set to "off". Battery health is listed as "excellent. Before I uninstalled Fast Access, I was getting about 3. A 3 hour difference in power with no change in usage is not insignificant. This leads me to think that you may be running windows 8.
Upgrading to windows 8. Please verify that your brightness is set to the lowest brightness setting for the lowest power consumption, and that any unused devices and peripherals such as bluetooth are powered off. My testing involved having the screen brightness just under the halfway mark. You can adjust to the the lowest brightness to save the most energy. These settings can impact battery life also. My test that yielded around 8 hours of battery life involved Performance CPU mode and Silent fan mode.
There is also some controls for the keyboard backlight under Input Device. My test involved turning the keyboard backlight off after 10 seconds of inactivity. I would recommend having this setting turned off in battery mode.
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Refer to these steps:. If the issue persists, I would suggest you to change the power plan and check. Change the power plan and check the results.
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