MAK DADDY
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I know this isn't a bbq subject but it keeps me from posting on pelletsmoking.com!
I have a 3yr old Sony viao, bought a new battery from an online store back east. Seems simple enough right? I look up the number for the battery and match it to their listing by make and model number as well. The battery arrives with this letter and CD stating that the new battery will not work until you run this update BIOS disk on your computer with the old battery installed still. OK, sounds easy enough, I follow the instructions it does it's thing, then on reboot (which it does automatically) I get a blue screen... Worse yet the laptop won't power off as the update disabled the on/off button. So I remove the old battery to kill the laptop, put it back in and no power, I mean the switch doesn't work anymore WTF??? I call Sony, they give me the lecture on only buying batteries from them and send them the computer for repair. Sure enough, the BIOS upgrade the company had me run toasted the systems board and cost me 600 bucks! Multiple emails to the battery company with no reply of coarse.
Long story short, don't buy after market batteries for your laptop, or I am just extremely unlucky...
I have a 3yr old Sony viao, bought a new battery from an online store back east. Seems simple enough right? I look up the number for the battery and match it to their listing by make and model number as well. The battery arrives with this letter and CD stating that the new battery will not work until you run this update BIOS disk on your computer with the old battery installed still. OK, sounds easy enough, I follow the instructions it does it's thing, then on reboot (which it does automatically) I get a blue screen... Worse yet the laptop won't power off as the update disabled the on/off button. So I remove the old battery to kill the laptop, put it back in and no power, I mean the switch doesn't work anymore WTF??? I call Sony, they give me the lecture on only buying batteries from them and send them the computer for repair. Sure enough, the BIOS upgrade the company had me run toasted the systems board and cost me 600 bucks! Multiple emails to the battery company with no reply of coarse.
Long story short, don't buy after market batteries for your laptop, or I am just extremely unlucky...