[ltp] t22 battery replacement dead?

[David Smith]

nuts, download not available?!

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4YZM3F


-- dave

David A. Desrosiers said:
>
>> I have since spent money to return to them the battery and now the
>> second one is apparently doing the same thing. 5 Cycles and the
>> capacity has gone from 43 WH to 34 Wh.  I am running the latest
>> bios.
>>
>> Anyone else with this issue?  I also noticed out of the box their
>> batteries drained to about 50%, then to 4%, would stay at 4% for
>> even an hour at times or more then go to 2% for less than a minute
>> and the machine would then turn off.
>
>  	I've run into this exact same problem with two identical T23
> laptops (2647-9LU) with 4 different replacement batteries (all shipped
> direct from IBM).
>
>  	The trick I found, which was quite odd, was to get the "PC
> Doctor for DOS" recovery/repair disc set from IBM (its available for
> download on their site), run the "Battery Rundown" function on your
> laptop while only on battery. You'll notice that it will run about 15
> minutes after the big "BEEBOOOBEEEBOOO" klaxon warning, and then will
> just shut down. Let it stay shut down after that, plug it into AC,
> don't boot it up, and let it charge for about 7-8 hours.
>
>  	After you see both green lights on the lid (after a full
> charge), boot it back up. You'll now have a fresh battery to work
> from.
>
>  	I wrote about this back in July. Search this list on July 14th
> for a post from me titled:
>
>  	Subject: Re: [ltp] Re: poll: how is your battery?
>  	(9-cell-battery lost about 25% capacity in 10 months)
>
>
>
> David A. Desrosiers
> desrod@gnu-designs.com
> http://gnu-designs.com
>
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