[ltp] Running with line power and no battery

[Pete Phillips]

>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Sloboda <ja@disorder.sk> writes:

    Adam> At Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:41:44 -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
    >> 
    >> This issue has been discussed, but I've not seen a definitive
    >> answer, and people disagree. Someone said that if the manual says
    >> nothing, running the Thinkpad without a battery is probably
    >> OK. However, I've not seen any discussion of this point in either
    >> the Maintenance manual or the Accessories Guide.
    >> 
    >> I've a Thinkpad X61s that I'd like to run on line power without
    >> inserting the battery. Can anyone assure me that it's OK to do
    >> so?

    Adam> When it's not mentioned in manual it really should be OK.
    Adam> Also nowadays everything is made fool-proof and when it works,
    Adam> it's really OK.

I frequently run mine on line power only so I can swap my slimline
battery for the beefy one without rebooting. No problems.

Pete