[ltp] 770X Batteries

[Mark Krischer]

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i've heard of this before with a TP600.  if i recall correctly there was a bios issue.  but also that once the battery was in that state, replacing it was the only real solution.

it was a while back, so i might not be remembering it 100% right....  but there you go FWIW.

--mk

Harry Mangalam wrote:

> This is resucitating an old thread, but I thought I'd query one last time...
>
> The story is much the same as the story told before: a 770X whose battery suddenly goes from behaving pretty much as it always has to the power dropping precipitously from 95% to 5% and then rapidly
> to 0.
>
> I've tried the discharge/recharge cycle recommended by a number of people (one such message below)
>
> (I was never able to find the official IBM decription - if anyone has it, I'd be grateful to get a URL).
>
> It looked at one point that the battery was partially re-activated by this procedure, but then it dies and no amount of charging or ANYTHING moves the LED readout beyond 0 anymore - It just blinks on
> 0 and gives up trying ot charge it after a few seconds (no LED arrow pointing into the battery after that point - the 4 part LED is clear of any of the 4 bars).
>
> It doesn't look good, and I'm resigned to buying a new battery, but I thought I'd ask one last time about it.

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