[ltp] t22 battery replacement dead?

[David Smith]

nm, it became available..
-- dave

David Smith said:
> nuts, download not available?!
>
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4YZM3F
>
>
> -- dave
>
> David A. Desrosiers said:
>>
>>> I have since spent money to return to them the battery and now the
>>> second one is apparently doing the same thing. 5 Cycles and the
>>> capacity has gone from 43 WH to 34 Wh.  I am running the latest
>>> bios.
>>>
>>> Anyone else with this issue?  I also noticed out of the box their
>>> batteries drained to about 50%, then to 4%, would stay at 4% for
>>> even an hour at times or more then go to 2% for less than a minute
>>> and the machine would then turn off.
>>
>>  	I've run into this exact same problem with two identical T23
>> laptops (2647-9LU) with 4 different replacement batteries (all shipped
>> direct from IBM).
>>
>>  	The trick I found, which was quite odd, was to get the "PC
>> Doctor for DOS" recovery/repair disc set from IBM (its available for
>> download on their site), run the "Battery Rundown" function on your
>> laptop while only on battery. You'll notice that it will run about 15
>> minutes after the big "BEEBOOOBEEEBOOO" klaxon warning, and then will
>> just shut down. Let it stay shut down after that, plug it into AC,
>> don't boot it up, and let it charge for about 7-8 hours.
>>
>>  	After you see both green lights on the lid (after a full
>> charge), boot it back up. You'll now have a fresh battery to work
>> from.
>>
>>  	I wrote about this back in July. Search this list on July 14th
>> for a post from me titled:
>>
>>  	Subject: Re: [ltp] Re: poll: how is your battery?
>>  	(9-cell-battery lost about 25% capacity in 10 months)
>>
>>
>>
>> David A. Desrosiers
>> desrod@gnu-designs.com
>> http://gnu-designs.com
>>
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