[ltp] Re: T60 battery died

[Peter Jordan]

Michael Gaber, Sat Jan 10 2009 13:19:35 GMT+0100 (CET):
> i had this problem too that the battery was not charging.
> removing it and re-inserting fixed the problem iirc. i think there was
> also a power-cycle involved
> 
> Michael
> 
> Carles Pina i Estany schrieb:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Maybe this is interesting to someone :-)
>>
>> I bought my Thinkpad T60 on August 2006 and worked usually connected to
>> the power and occasionally (one or two times per month) with the
>> battery. Battery was always "charging". I know that this could not be
>> the best way, but was comfortable :-) The usage of the computer is very
>> high (aprox. 16 hours per day last 2 years)
>>
>> On thursday I used the battery two times, I arrived to home and battery
>> was not charging: the battery led was blinking in orange. If I
>> disconnect the power cable it switches off, battery cannot even show me
>> the BIOS/Grub
>>
>> Do I have any other solution beside change the battery?
>>
>> I have found these two batteries: FRU02K6626 and FRU02K6627, I couldn't
>> fine information in Internet. It costs 58.66 Euros and 71.34 Euros (so
>> 79 dollars and 96 dollars). I hope that are a "good deal". Any
>> suggestion or comment? (I guess that one has more cells/capacity)
>>
>> I thought that this would be interesting to someone here, and sorry for
>> the off-topic (and the question). 
>>
>> Thanks,
>>

I had the same problem with 4-cell battery for Thinkpad R60. According
to the lenovo support the battery is dead and i had to replace it.

PJ