[ltp] Battery problem on TP600

[Jed Diem]

Try www.laptopsforless.com for batteries. They have a 2645-xxx battery for 
$119.  Works just fine in my 600X.

--jed diem



At 05:40 PM 10/15/2002 -0400, you wrote:
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>***I just picked up a battery for my 600x.  There are several on-line dealers
>with prices under $150.  I got mine off of e-bay for $90.  Of course,
>shipping is extra.  And picking something up from e-bay is always a gamble.
>
>Joe Clark
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>From: "Bernard DEBREIL" <bdebreil@teaser.fr>
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:02 PM
>Subject: [ltp] Battery problem on TP600
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>***Hi there !
>
>On my TP600, the battery seems to have given up. Not later than two days
>ago, it still had about two and a half hours of autonomy... and then
>since yesterday, autonomy is less than half an hour. Reload lasts less
>than 15 minutes.
>
>How shall I know for sure if the battery is dead, or if the problem lies
>into the program that is supposed to monitor the battery charge and
>discharge ?  What tests should I run ?   I am on RedHat 7.2. I also have
>a small Windows 98 partition, but I am not familiar with MSWIN functions
>on that Thinkpad.
>
>If, by misluck, the battery proved dead, would anyone know of some tricks
>so as to replace it at a lower cost ? With my older Thinkpad 300, I used
>to purchased, every 18 months or so, individual Ni/MH cells that I
>connected together and put into the original plastic box. That worked,
>and the cost was a lot cheaper than that of IBM parts. With the TP 600, I
>am not sure if Li-ion individual cells may be purchased and if it is easy
>to connect them... I wouldn't know where to buy them, nor would I have an
>idea of their prices. I called IBM, just to be told that I was to use no
>other parts than IBM guenine parts, and the battery pack costs 300 Euros,
>that is, 300 US$...
>
>Thanks in advance for any advice,
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