topic Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ? in PCs & Accessories

Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

Rick1974 — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 07:34:25 GMT

I have bought myself a second battery and as soon as i remove the floppy drive and place the second battery in it's place my keyboard goes up the wall...

It's like sticky keys, certian keys will not work untill they have been wacked a few times.

Please help me get over this as i bought the second battery as I wanted to use it and not see it sat on the side.

RICK:smileysad:

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

robpaxton — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:39:45 GMT

A long shot here . . . . are you using the 'safely remove hardware' option before removing the floppy drive and are you sure that the drive is hot swappable?

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

Rick1974 — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:01:46 GMT

No i shut it down and turn it all off first.

What do you mean by " hot swapable " ?

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

jammold — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:08:11 GMT

"Hot swapable" means that you can take out the device in question, and plug it in again. If it has a flat rectangular socket and USB on it then it is hot-swapable.

You should be able to unplug the hot-swapable device and reconnect it without restarting or shutting down your VAIO first.

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:23:20 GMT

You should always use the safely remove hardware applet before pulling out USB cables imho.

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

jammold — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:54:58 GMT

Forgot about that! :smileyblush:

You can disable the Safely Remove Hardware applet, but I wouldn't recommend it (especially if like me, you use a USB Mass Storage Device)!

To remove a Hot-Swapable device with the Safely Remove Hardware icon:

1. Right click the grey,green safely remove hardware icon.
2. Click Safetly Remove Hardware.
3. Click the STOP button.
4. Wait until a ballon appears telling you it is now safe to disconnect the hardware.
5. Close the dialog box.
6. Pull the plug out of the USB socket.
7. The balloon disappears.

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:09:57 GMT

Don't remove it!

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

jammold — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 23:21:55 GMT

I never suggested you should! Keep the applet - its quite vital especially to USB and PCMCIA devices - you could lose data if you remove it from the taskbar for good!

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 01:18:11 GMT

True.

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

jammold — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 01:58:45 GMT

I think this is (excuse me another insomnia-related senile moment) due to Write Caching which improves preformance.

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

Rick1974 — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 07:27:14 GMT

but my bat and floppy drive are not in the safe remove list ???

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 13:15:14 GMT

Rick,

Is the floppy drive USB?

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

Rick1974 — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 19:44:10 GMT

No its bulit in but you can remove the drive and put a second batt in...

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 19:57:12 GMT

Oh I see.
How new is this notebook?

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

Rick1974 — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:52:46 GMT

about a year...
or so...

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

Rick1974 — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:02:01 GMT

for more infomation on the notebook have a look at...
http://www.club-vaio.com/clubvaio/en/home.jsp

click on the " Learn " link at the top
on the left under " Manuals " click " Notebooks "
select " FX Series "
and select " PCG-FX800 "

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

jammold — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:49:19 GMT

You mean a multi-purpose bay - now I'm with you!

BTW thanks for locating the manual online - it is an excellent way for others to help you.

Have you tried swapping the primary battery with the new second battery in these slots (i.e. putting a fully charged secondary (new) battery in the primary battery slot, and then putting the original battery in the multi-purpose slot) and starting the computer from cold? Try also starting the computer from your fully charged new second battery firstly in the primary battery bay, and then in the secondary bay. Do this for the primary battery. If both work OK it suggests that the multi-purpose slot works (at least for the batteries).

Failing this contact Sony for support. You will find the number on VAIO-Link. under Contacts. You can try eSupport as well, but it may take time for a response.

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

Rick1974 — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:22:52 GMT

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for trying to help me.

I still have the fault and this matter is now with VAIO technical support.

Re: Why does my FX804's keyboard go mad when I put in a second bat ?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:04:58 GMT

Let us know how it goes.