[ltp] T20 battery swap

[Tom Hoover]

On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 12:04:17PM -0700, Werner Horbelt wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 May 2003 20:25, Tom Hoover wrote:
> > Thanks to all of your great suggestions a few weeks ago, I'm
> > now the proud owner of a T20.  Even though I liked the Toshiba
> > Tecra, the Thinkpad is so much better it's like night 'n day
> > between the two.
> >
> > Questions...
> >
> > Can I swap the battery when the unit is in suspend (Fn-F3)
> > mode, or only while in hibernation (Fn-F12) mode?
> Only in hibernation mode or with AC plugged in.
> In suspend mode memory is on.

That's what I guessed...I didn't know if there was another internal
battery that would maintain suspend mode while the main battery was
swapped.

> > What about the drive in the Ultrabay?
> whats the question?

Can it be swapped in either suspend or hibernation mode?

> > BTW- I installed Knoppix to quickly get the Thinkpad up and
> > running Linux...Knoppix never ceases to amaze me how it
> > recognizes everything I've ever thrown at it, with no
> > configuration!
> everything? including
> -suspend
yes (there's even a battery capacity icon in KDE's "task" tray)

> -hibernation
yes

> -sound
yes

> -modem
Haven't tried this one yet...I have both wired and wireless LAN access
in my house, so I never use the modem.  Both of the wired and wireless
PC card NICs were recognized with no configuration on my part.