RE: OT : Laptop battery...

["fluff" <fluff@xxxxxxx>]

Andy,
I look after a lot of IBM laptops & despite useing lithium ion they do
die
after a while (not a very long while in a lot of cases) if it appears
in
your power options in control panel you could try a calibrate, or try
forcing it to run out & recharge but sounds like it's too late for
that.

The only other suggestion I have is to very carefully skim all the
terminals
with an emery board (not a metal file!!!) then blast with an air duster
as
some laptop batteries have condition sensors & if the connection is
not
being made it may report as being dead when not. Doesn't sound likely
tho.

The bad news is these are normally about ?100 - ?150 each

If you do replace make sure you fully chjarge & discharge the new
battery
before using normally to increase the time before this happens again.


A.


> Hi,
>
> my IBM Thinkpad 600E is behaving oddly. The battery light keeps
> flashing and if I remove the AC power the machine powers off
> immediately.. Is the battery completely stuffed or is there some
way
> to reset it.. It's a Lithium ION type. The power settings say
> it's "Online, critical"



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