[ltp] Battery went nuts...

[Osho GG]

I have happenned this to me too. What I have found is that the battery
simply refuses to recharge even if it is powerd with AC or docked and
powered with the huge dock power. The only way to get the battery out
of this is to perform a complete shutdown remove the battery out of
the notebook shell and reinsert.

It is a huge pain and has happened couple of times with my T42p.

Osho


On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 10:06:51 +0100, Patrick Huber
<linux-thinkpad@thunderchick.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I just resumed my T41p from hibernation and the battery symbol keeps blinking.
> I sent it into hibernation and resumed again but still.
> 
> $ acpi -V
>      Battery 1: discharging, 0%, 00:00:41 remaining
>      Thermal 1: ok, 34.0 degrees C
>   AC Adapter 1: off-line
> 
> I just know this: When I'm at a desk, the tp is on ac. Yesterday evening,
> before I sent it to hibernation, it was on ac.
> 
> So I guess the battery just 'thinks' it's empty because it should be full and
> I don't see a possibility for it to drain the complete battery during the
> night while it's off. Also, I'm writing this on the tp I switched on about
> 20mins ago and it still keeps telling me I've got like 40sec left.
> 
> What am I supposed to do? I don't want to hook it on ac because when the
> system thinks the battery is empty it's gonna charge a near-full battery
> until it thinks it's full. And in the end, the battery's overgarged with
> something like 60Wh (capacity is 70Wh).
> 
> Any experiences? Ideas?
> 
> TIA
> Patrick
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Osho