If the battery circuits failed it means most of the time it's done for. I have to assume this is a Sony issued battery and if there was a calibration routine you did that.
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Last year my Samsung laptop battery died, so since then I have been using the pc without battery. I now found a battery but my laptop still switch off when I remove the charger even though it shows that the battery is 100% charged. What should I do?

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